GeoServer is an open source software server written in Java that allows users to share and edit geospatial data.
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How to edit or convert ArcGIS 10 layer style to a SLD's file
Greetings everyone, I am putting together a GIS server using GeoServer and need some help with importing my layer styles from ArcGIS 10 to SLD format. I have one layer in ArcMap properly symbolized ...
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How to add a simple WFS layer from GeoServer to OpenLayers map?
I'm trying to add one of the included datasets with GeoServer to an OpenLayers map. I've followed the OpenGeo tutorials, seen similar thread on here, but I can't seem to crack it. Can somebody take a ...
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Problems with OpenLayers and WFS - proxy.cgi issues
I am having problems getting WFS data to display on a map using OpenLayers/GeoExt/GeoServer.
I created a proxy script like on this page:
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Unable to create WFS successfully
I know there has been lots of WFS assistant and I did follow this one word by word, which I found was the best in the entire gis stack but still no clue why I am unbale to render a WFS on base map.
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Tutorials for geoserver
Do you know any sources from where i can learn how to use geoserver?
I know this two sites:
http://geoserver.org/ - which in fact is not working (at list at the moment)
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How to avoid duplicate labels on each tile?
When I display my map using tiles a label gets drawn on each tile - is there any way to avoid this?
I have attached an example image to show the problem:
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How to add GeoServer wfs layer on OpenLayers?
I can't seem to add a WFS layer like this. It works when i copy all this code locally but as soon as i change the values to point to my own layer within my own GeoServer
this is the response viewed ...
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Display a WFS layer with OpenLayers
Good Morning!
I have some troubles displaying a WFS layer with OpenLayers and hope someone here can give me a hint. Before moving on, I precise that I have already checked other posts, like here and ...
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How to put GeoServer layers behind authentication?
I want to publish map layers using OpenLayers and GeoServer. While this is easy enough to set up, I'm a bit lost when it comes to authentication possibilities. What I want is to create different users ...
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How to avoid Pink tiles when DB view/Table is empty?
I have views that are spatial in a sense that they select some spatial column from other table. This table is published using geoserver. This table is live and sometime has no data at all. When the ...
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Is it required to use BBOX strategy with WFS protocol in OpenLayers?
is it a must to use BBOX strategy with WFS protocol in Vector layers ?
I cannot display this layer without BBOX strategy:
vLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("Test", {
styleMap: new ...
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Getting a constant background color for transparency
I am creating a series of tif files at 1:10k scale over a vast area (760 tiles) using arcpy.mapping.ExportToTIFF and then stitch them together to create a single ecw. The output looks ok but when I ...
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How to configure Proxy.cgi with IIS
I installed GeoServer on server 172.20.100.13 and i also publish my OpenLayers application on same server. when i make the request to this server for accessing the page like, ...
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XMLHttpRequest cannot load http://localhost: /geoserver/wfs. Origin http://localhost is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Setup own Openlayers Proxyhost
Error WFS Request, PROXY problems
I have this error:
XMLHttpRequest cannot load http:// localhost: /geoserver/wfs
Origin http:// ...
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How to use cql_filter in OpenLayers.Control.WMSGetFeatureInfo?
I am a newbie and I am using OpenLayers, GeoServer 2.1.3. I have a
function that works to filter the markers on the map with a CQL_FILTER
function. But when I click on a marker it shows a popup with
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WFS layer not showing? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to add GeoServer wfs layer on OpenLayers?
I'm really new to this and am making a map for a university project, I can't get my WFS layer to show up on my map, the WMS ...
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Any low-cost Virtual Private Servers able to run GeoServer?
I'm looking at virtual private server hosting options for GeoServer. At a recent conference, the most often cited cost of such servers was around $50/month. I've found a few places that advertize ...
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How does Google Earth Enterprise compare to ArcGIS server and GeoServer?
I'm working on a web app that includes mapping capabilities (currently just markers and KML overlays on an embedded Google Map). We're starting to outgrow the limitations of Google's free stuff, and ...
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How to make geoserver return JSON for WMS GetFeatureInfo?
I wish to get the results of a WMS GetFeatureInfo request as a JSON instead of the table that comes up by default. Out of the box, the only options for the response from a WMS GetFeatureInfo are the ...
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Search functionality in Openlayers/Geoserver
I am using Openlayers,Geoserver & Postgis.... My postgis tables are having columns as id, name, POINT/POLYGON/LINE. Each table corresponds to a layer that I am showing in layerswitcher in OL. I ...
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Completely Brand New to GIS - Help picking technology from the pros
I'm new to GIS and need to learn for an internship. I've been reading a lot and now need help picking technologies to use... particularly the map serving tech.
Project Requirements -
Free
Web ...
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How to migrate geoserver?
I have a geoserver installed on a server and I want to move the geoserver to another server. What is the easiest way to do that?
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Openlayers and Geoserver: OSM/Google Maps and WMS Overlay
I am experiencing projection problems with the following set up:
GeoServer with ESPG:4326 based shapefiles (*.shp)
OpenJump to edit my shapefiles
Openlayers with EPSG:900913 base layers
GeoServer ...
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Why do we need Mapserver/Geoserver to present data from spatial database to web browser?
I was trying "How I set up GeoServer on an old machine" and By @iant I was setting up Tomcat and all. I suddenly had a question why we need Mapsever and Geoserver? Can these server pull data from ...
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How to develop a map with layers in Geoserver?
I have two shapefiles and two rasters. I need to develop a map in Geoserver (ver. 2.0.2) with those 4 elements. They should be like layers which I can turn on or off. I added them on Geoserver like ...
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geoserver support to proxy other tiling services?
I'd like to use a central server to provide a common location for all of our mapping / imagery resources. Our data is primarily in the form of geotiffs with a variety of base layers from various ...
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How do I get GeoJSON data from GeoServer into show up on my Leaflet map?
I'm trying to create a simple "Green" map for my city. The idea being that it is a website with a map and layers you can turn on and off. I am serving the data through GeoServer and am using GeoJOSN ...
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Cannot populate a Ext GridPanel through GeoExt WMSCapabilitiesStore
I've been working through a few tutorial/starter map samples on the OpenGeo and GeoExt websites and have come upon a problem I cannot solve. I'm trying to load a list of layers from my GeoServer into ...
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How to configure GeoServer for web hosting on window xp?
I want to access my data (shp, img, kml, tiff file) through IE, Google chrome or Mozilla, via local hosting (then through LAN). How to configure the GeoServer, so that the client (IE, chrome) can ...
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How to proxy Geoserver through Apache in Windows
i am using apache web server on localhost:80 and geoserver served from jetty servlet on localhost:8888. i want to setup a proxy to redirect the requests such that requests to localhost/geoserver are ...
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Problems using geoserver and postgis to perform wfs transaction?
I have been following the tutorial for transaction.
I am using apache webserver and jetty powered geoserver for hosting and using proxy.cgi file for bypassing XHR requests. as described in tutorial ...
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WFS Request Layer (GML) with Filter
Is there a solution to request the GML layer from Geoserver with filter like using bbox:
http://localhost:8080/geoserver/tiger/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&
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Using REST service with GeoServer
I have downloaded and installed GeoServer 2.1-RC1 which shipped with RESTconfig. How can i check whether REST service is installed with GeoServer or Not ?
I put this ...
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Access-Control-Allow-Origin error in web map
I am having trouble getting a WFS layer working using Geoserver, OpenLayers and GeoExt.
I get the following error:
XMLHttpRequest cannot load http://10.0.0.155/geoserver/wfs. Origin ...
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GeoServer Callback Function Undefinded
Any idea why the function loadThis() comes back as undefined?
I've tried adding jsonp: false which doesn't help either. The json object is returned properly, I can view it in FireBug, but I can't get ...
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GeoServer WPS Aggregation Functions Example
The scenario: I want to present a user with names of polygons from a layer in GeoServer. I then display the polygon(s) whose name(s) the user selected.
What I've done: I have a search box, which ...
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GeoServer WFS Row Level Security?
I'm trying to implement row level security with GeoServer. I know out of the box it supports service, layer and REST security and not row level. However I'm sure there must be a work around. Has ...
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not able to view imported .tif file in geoserver
I am using geoserver. I have imported a .tif file using postgis, which has been saved in vector type layer in geoserver. Now, whenever, I preview it, the layer gets automatically downloaded as wms ...
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WFS reprojection problems
In geoserver i have a layer in EPSG:4326.
In OpenLayers i add it on map as WFS:
markerLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector('Markers',{
strategies: [new OpenLayers.Strategy.BBOX()],
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How to host a Geoserver based web page on LAN?
I am having an issue hosting a GeoServer based webpage over LAN. I am using Geoserver 2.2 (Binary), OS-Windows.
I configured my machine as local server using Tomcat as well as WAMP (Apache) and able ...
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Re-projection in Geoserver
I have published a layer on Geoserver by cascading a remote WMS. i have successfully got all the layers from remote wms and publish one of those layers. But I want to re-project the layer from its ...
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How to configure GeoWebCache that it can generate tile files conform Slippy Map format
The tile files generated by GeoWebCache using gridset 900913 are like: \EPSG_90013_6\02_02\0032_42.png, etc.
How can I configure GeoWebCache that it is generating the files conform slippy map format? ...
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Advice on a generic open-source package roadmap
I just wanted to ask an advice from the open source GIS gurus on a recommended stack to use for my envisioned project, as I do not fully understand the limits of the possible with most packages. I ...
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GeoServer: Best way to publish 2500 TIFF or 71 ECW files?
I have ortophotos of an area that I need to serve as a background map for my vectors. I got it as 2500 files (71,5MB each) in raw TIFF format with corresponding TFW word file - 180GB of data. ...
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Mapnik, Mapserver or Geoserver
I'm currently developping an ArcGIS based flex webviewer. ArcGIS is great for most of the things but there are some issues like performance and license costs.
That's why I'm looking into possible ...
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Should I use a CMS for my web mapping application?
For my web mapping app, I am using GeoServer as server, PostGIS as spatial DB and OpenLayers on client side (as well as other JS libraries). The map is composed of base maps and vector layers. One of ...
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What are some web based clients for GeoServer?
There is a list of Web Clients for Geoserver on the Geoserver site (http://geoserver.org/display/GEOSDOC/Clients). Unfortunately, it is posted as no longer maintained. Does anyone have a current list ...
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What are hardware requirements for a cloud hosted PostGIS & GeoServer?
I have been playing with a local installation of PostGIS & GeoServer. I would like to move my work online now to share it with several collaborators.
The proof of the concept map will consist of ...
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How to select fields returned by GeoServer WMS GetFeatureInfo request?
I'm running simple local mapping service based on PostGIS/GeoServer/OpenLayers stack.
Following opengeo tutorial I've tied click events in OpenLayers to WMS GetFeatureInfo call using:
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How to get Leaflet interactivity from Geoserver WMS?
I have geoserver serving shapefiles as a WMS into Leaflet.
I'd like to add interativity that shows a popup with WMS attributes in the Leaflet map when the user hovers over or clicks on a WMS feature.
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