GeoServer

Tips & Tricks: GeoWebCache Tweaks Checklist

Blog ‐ Posted on 19.02.2013 by simone giannecchini

Dear All, during a discussion I recently had  with a client about how to put together an enterprise deployment of GeoWebCache we went over a few tweaks coming from previous deployments which I thought would have been interesting to summarise on a blog post Client side caching of tiles GeoWebCache, as most tile caching systems, is extremely fast and efficient at serving out tiles therefore you might not think about fiddling with client-side caching. Nevertheless, in our experience we found out it is usually good practice to always try and explicitly control the HTTP Caching Headers for tiles served via GWC,...

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Tips & Tricks: GeoWebCache Tweaks Checklist

Blog ‐ Posted on 19.02.2013 by simone giannecchini

Dear All, during a discussion I recently had  with a client about how to put together an enterprise deployment of GeoWebCache we went over a few tweaks coming from previous deployments which I thought would have been interesting to summarise on a blog post Client side caching of tiles GeoWebCache, as most tile caching systems, is extremely fast and efficient at serving out tiles therefore you might not think about fiddling with client-side caching. Nevertheless, in our experience we found out it is usually good practice to always try and explicitly control the HTTP Caching Headers for tiles served via GWC,...

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Developer’s Corner: GeoServer GetLegendGraphic Enhancements

Blog ‐ Posted on 11.02.2013 by simone giannecchini

Dear All,recently some fixes and enhancements were made  by GeoSolutions to GeoServer, in particular to the WMS GetLegendGraphic  request.Layer groups supportThe first improvement was done to produce a legend for layer groups, a very much needed functionality, to simplify and support wide usage of layer groups in GeoServer.The support for layer groups is quite flexible. You can:specify a layergroup name in the LAYER parameter to have a legend with default optionsspecify a custom style for some or all of the layer group sublayers with the STYLE parameter: just use a list of style names (one for each layer, separated by commas), leaving...

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Developer’s Corner: MapStore 1.0.0 released!

Blog ‐ Posted on 28.01.2013 by simone giannecchini

Dear All,we are proud to announce that we just released MapStore version 1.0.0.This is the first official release of MapStore, the simple and intuitive way to create, save and share maps.MapStore is based on the GeoExplorer Open Source framework and is licensed under the GPL license.With MapStore you can mashup contents from Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, MapQuest, Bing or specific WMS services provided by you or third party content providers. MapStore uses internally GeoStore, (the GeoSolutions Open Source engine for resource storing and retrieving) for managing users   as well as maps definitions. Moreover MapStore uses Http-proxy to communicate with remote servers, such as the third party WMS services used in your maps.Visit...

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GeoSolutions al XIV meeting degli utenti italiani GRASS e GFOSS

Blog ‐ Posted on 25.01.2013 by simone giannecchini

GeoSolutions sarà presente al XIV meeting degli utenti italiani GRASS e GFOSS che si terrà a Genova  presso la Scuola Politecnica dell'Università degli Studi di Genova dal 6 al 9 Febbraio 2013 con una serie di talk ed un workshop su GeoServer.Citando la pagina principale del meeting:L'incontro si rivolge alla comunità italiana di utenti di software libero per il trattamento delle informazioni geografiche ed ai nuovi potenziali utenti, appartenenti al mondo della ricerca, al settore privato e commerciale o alla Pubblica Amministrazione.Sarà un'occasione per confrontarsi, condividere ricerche, problemi ed esperienze e per presentare il proprio lavoro ad un'ampia comunità.Durante la...

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