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Sunday, September 13, 2009

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Geoserver is a truly fabulous open source geospatial server. Much ▼  2009 (60)
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easier to set and configure than Mapserver. The documentation
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provided is extremely comprehensive. See:
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http://docs.geoserver.org/1.7.6/user/getting-started/web-admin-
OpenScales
quickstart/index.html
PostGIS
GeoDjango
Here are the notes I made as I walked through setting things up.
WMS and Bing/Yahoo Basemap
Overlays
a) Setting up geoserver Map Technology Overview
Openlayers
I am using the portable gis control panel (see earlier blog entry). TileCache and Google Maps
Once installed it sits directly under c:/.When you open it you MapServer and TileCache
have the option (under web modules) to start Geoserver. MapQuest Flex API Samples
Access Geoserver via: Flex Developer List
Mapping API's

http://localhost:8080/geoserver Modest Maps, WMS and Overview

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admin/password are the default credentials. If you need to
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change them look at:
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C:\Program Files\GeoServer 1.7.6\data_dir\security\user.properties
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b) Adding shapefile

About Me
Under the data directory for geoserver add some new data in the
data directory: Rory Biggadike
Developer of Rich Internet Mapping
C:\Program Files\GeoServer 1.7.6\data_dir\data\ Applications using Flex. Focused on the
Flex API's for ArcGIS, Modest Maps and
Openscales. Visit my home page at
In the web interface click on data -> datastores -> new. Add
www.flexmappers.com or contact me at
name and type. Next screen add path to data and data name eg. info@flexmappers.com
nyc_roads.shp. Now click submit. The next screen should be the
View my complete profile
featuretype editor. Now from drop down select the type eg. line
add the srs, then click generate. Now click submit and finally
apply. Note these two steps in this order are critical in the Links
process.

WebMapSolutions Managers Blog

In the web interface under data->datastores you should now see
WebMapSolutions Tech Blog
your new data
Flexmappers
Arkade Magazine
You can view the data in welcome->demo->map preview Coenraets
Dave Bouwman
c) WMS James Fee
Maps Interactive
In config screen choose wms. Next choose contents and add the Jesse Warden
layer you just created in this screen. You can get the SRS info Michael Labriola
from the featuretype editor under data Paul Ramsey
Ted On Flex
One of the amazingly cool things about geoserver is the demos
page in the web interface. From here you can view the results of
various requests. Choose sample requests to see these options;
wms, wfs etc. Also from here you can select map preview. From
here you can see your newly loaded data. Another terrific thing
about geoserver is the integration of openlayers. Data can be
viewed directly in the geoserver interface with openlayers
d) Geowebcache

Another terrific part of geoserver is the integration of

geowebcache. There is a nice guide to this here:
http://geoserver.org/display/GEOSDOC/GeoServer+GeoWebCache+
Configuration

Key directory is C:\Program Files\GeoServer 1.7.6\data_dir\gwc.

Go to:

http://localhost:8080/geoserver/gwc/demo

Here you can see all of your layers and ‘seed this layer’. Seeding
is generating tiles. When you select seed this layer you will see
under the gwc directory your newly generated tiles.
If you go to the demo page and view your data. In openlayers
you have the option to view the data as a single image or tiled.
The latter will show your newly generated tiles.

If you wish to see the data in google earth. Open Google earth,
choose add->network link. Add a name and the url below to the
pop up.

http://localhost:8080/geoserver/gwc/service/kml/topp:nyc_roads.
png.kml

By selecting the named link in google earth (under my places) you

should see your data.
Posted by Rory Biggadike at 12:40 PM
Labels: configuration google earth, geoserver

3 comments:

A. Maracini said...

Matt, thanks for your blog. I've got Geoserver up and running
and have a simple map of my data. How does one move
beyond the localhost? I have a wireless router with a PC and
Mac. The Mac is where the Geoserver is running and I'd just
like to put a demo map "out there" so to speak.
October 2, 2009 2:22 PM

Matt Sheehan said...

You have two choices:

- You'll need your home server to be available to the world,
which means with an externally accessible IP.
- Or you can use a service provider to host your server.
The latter has its advantages since security and admin are
done by the provider. But it can be potentially more
challenging and expensive. Good luck. I think Geoserver is
the way to go.
October 11, 2009 9:37 AM

rb said...

Hi,

i have set up geoserver on my webserver, and everything

seems to working fine. i would also like to put a wms/wfs/ etc
service outside in the web beyond localhost. I am haveing
diffulty though because i don´t know how to configure the xml 
files to get geoserver over the web.Is this done in the
geoserver interface under localhost, or do I have to configure
geoserver/webapps/WEB-INF/web.xml?

any help would be great!

yours,
Robert
June 11, 2010 10:27 PM

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