GeoServer Resources
OpenGeo Services
OpenGeo offers GeoServer training, including introductory and advanced sessions, as well as GeoServer core development to add new features to the project.
Our GeoServer Team
Samuel has worn multiple hats during his 12-year affair with spatial technologies: user, print cartographer, web-mapper, integrator, scripter/programmer, trainer, analyst, manager.
Chris is the President of OpenGeo, a GeoServer developer since 2002, and a long-time proponent of open geodata and open source. He manages our technology development, advises clients on strategic directions and regularly speaks at international conferences.
Ian has been developing scientific and spatial software for 10 years and has been an advocate and user of open source since he first installed Linux.
About GeoServer
GeoServer is a software server written in Java that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. Designed for interoperability, it publishes data from any major spatial data source using open standards.
- OGC-compliant Web Map Service (WMS 1.1.1 and 1.3.0), Web Feature Service (WFS 1.0.0 and 1.1.0), WFS-Transactional (WFS-T 1.0.0), and Web Coverage Service (WCS 1.0.0 and 1.1.1)
- Java J2EE application, works with Jetty, Tomcat, WebLogic, WebSphere, JBoss
- Support for many back-end data formats (ArcSDE, Oracle Spatial, DB2, SQL Server, shapefile, GeoTIFF, MrSID, JPEG2000)
- Multiple output formats (GML, shapefile, KML, GeoJSON, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, SVG, PDF, GeoRSS) plus Google Earth integration
- Fully-featured and intuitive web administration interface with REST API for programmatic control
- Full map styling support with Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD), including text-based and graphical editor
- User- and role-based security subsystem based on Spring Security
GeoServer is widely supported as a spatial server for a variety of client and server software, including:
- Open Source Database: PostGIS, MySQL, H2
- Open Source Client: OpenLayers, uDig, gvSIG QGIS, WorldWind
- Proprietary Database: ArcSDE, Oracle Locator / Spatial, SQL Server 2008, DB2
- Proprietary Client: ArcGIS, Google Earth, Virtual Earth, Safe FME, CadCorp SIS
GeoServer @ OpenGeo
Recent Contributions
OpenGeo funds ongoing development of GeoServer as part of our larger mission to make public geodata more accessible and usable to civil society. Recent contributions include:
- Performance improvements to make the GeoServer renderer one of the fastest in the world.
- Platform improvements to use Spring, to be more developer friendly.
- Complete Documentation overhaul.
- Coordination of all major releases of GeoServer.
- Integration of powerful Acegi security system.
- Research and development of Versioning Protocol and PostGIS datastore for geo-wiki editing.
Core Development Roadmap
Currently features are only accessible via the Web Feature Service (WFS) API. REST feature access will provide a ”resource oriented“ approach to accessing geographic collections. It will also use the existing AtomPub specification to provide for feature viewing and editing.
Currently the layers that GeoServer publishes are the same for all users. We'd like to introduce the concept of “workspaces”, a logical collection of layers, optionally with limited security permissions, accessible from a unique end point.
