A Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) is an XML schema specified by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) for describing the appearance of map layers.

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CssParameter stroke-width min max value Geoserver

I wonder if there is a minimum value for the stroke width parameter since I've a LineSymbolizer with stroke 0.1 but i want it to be thinner so i change the value to 0.05 but i dont see any difference ...
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How to add a title in a GetLegendGraphic Request

The GetLegendGraphic request works well. I display the legend at a fixed position in my viewer using OpenLayers. But I would like to know if there is any way to add some custom text to the legend. ...
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Serving 4 band GeoTIFF in GeoServer 2.1.4

I have an uncompressed GeoTIFF file (figure 1) with the following band information: Image Structure Metadata: INTERLEAVE=PIXEL Band 1 Block=5000x1 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Red Band 2 Block=5000x1 ...
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How to migrate SVG-based styles for QGIS to other computers?

I'm working on a project that has involved creating many recolourable SVG icons and bringing them into QGIS. These are then used in layer symbologies, with these subsequent layer styles exported as ...
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Mixed geometry types styling with Geoserver 2.2

I have a PostGIS table with geometry colunm. In this column i have geometries of several types (polugons, points, lines). I publish this this table on Geoserver. Now i want to create OpenLayers layer ...
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Avoid multiple labels geoserver styling [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Labeling Geoserver SLD I have a geoserver 2.1.x installation with SLD stylization. I have used a property to label the polygons which forms a map. But the issues is the ...
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GeoServer VendorOption for SLD to place labels overlapping and out of bounds

I use GeoServer 2.1.1. and have an SLD to serve a layer with labels in OpenLayers. I noticed that some labels are not displayed because other labels are to near. GeoServer wants to make your labels ...
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Can i do Custom Styling on Geoserver

i want to use Geoserver WMS server for custom styling. lets say i have an area as polygon in a shape file. But i dont have this area's temperature as an attribute. From a web service i gather ...
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Can QGIS automatically load an SLD with a Shapefile?

I have SLD's/lyr files with my shp/gdb files. They all have the same name except for the extension. Is it possible for me to force qgis to load the sld with the shp so that I don't need to manually go ...
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flex/AIR based SLD generator?

styling layers in GeoServer can be tedious to say the least. while Styler can relieve some of that tedium it doesn't yet work in chrome, can wreck existing styles if not carefully used & still ...
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What are the differences between formats for storing styles?

I'm looking for a format for store information about data styles for my web application. There are different formats for describing vector data styles. For example, SLD, Mapnik XML, and there may be ...
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How to style a WMS layer?

I also posted this question on stackoverflow. I successfully overlayed a WMS layer in google maps v3, however, as the information on tiles is black on transparent, it is not well seen on dark ...
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How to update a SLD file in GeoServer?

I'm working on my own geoportal. I have prepared a php page which users can describe their own SLD configuration. The SLD file will be stored in GeoServer style folder. But when I tried to view maps I ...
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Is it possible to convert a Geoserver SLD to Quantum QML format?

I have a web application which runs on Geoserver. I am migrating my application to desktop and am struck at applying the same color schemes and symbology. I am not able to find a way to convert SLDs ...
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Unexpected font family displayed using custom SLD from a published WMS using geoserver

When publishing a WMS in geoserver using a custom SLD file, I'm seeing the WMS preview correctly on my local geoserver. However, doing everything the same on a remote hosted geoserver, my seeing an ...
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OpenLayers: how to style WFS layer with SLD file?

I'm experimenting with a simple web mapping service build on PostGIS/GeoServer/OpenLayers stack on Win 2008 Server. I overlay vector layer from PostGIS using: var Index1v = new ...
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Is there a parellel line function for slds?

I am attempting to make an sld style which symbolizes a line with an offset. I have tried with filters, functions online graphics but can achieve only ugly results. The line consists out of 2 line ...
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How to use rotated text labels in GeoServer based on attribute value?

I have several text layers in GeoServer, which are now shown as point layers with tiny graphic size and with labels (As mentioned in my previous question). All thses labels are, as expected, drawn ...
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Geoserver SLD for OSM valdation errors

I'm trying to build a Geoserver (V2.0.2) style file for OSM data using https://github.com/FlorentDotMe/OSM-Styles-for-GeoServer as a starting point but they produce a number of validation errors Can ...
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Labels not visible at same zoom range

I am using geoserver and sld : I want to make all labels visible at all zoom levels. How can I do that with SLD? <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <StyledLayerDescriptor ...
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How do you make map styles NOT appear in a legend?

I am using GeoServer to serve up OSM data. I am making use of the GetLegendGraphic command, but I do not want some of my styles to appear in the legend (for example, the styles that are ONLY for text ...
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Generating SLD dynamically using php in Geosever

I am fairly new to Geoserver and I have a question before I launch into something bigger than me: if i replace the XML code in the SLD style sheet inside geoserver with some PHP which generates the ...
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Text layer styling in GeoServer?

I am wondering what is the best approach to use for text layers in GeoServer. AFAIK, there is no text layer in GeoServer. But in many occassions we need to use text layers and not simply label for ...
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Is is possible to have a sld with a rotated point symbolizer along a line in geoserver?

Geoserver 2.1.3 I would like to symbolize a line with a Square but use the <Rotation>45</Rotation> tags to make the symbol look like a diamond. My sld is below and unfortunately the ...
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SLD for OSM data in GeoServer [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Standard SLDs for OpenStreetMaps? I can't find a good SLD for OSM. I downloaded the OSM data and imported it to PostGIS. With GeoServer I use it as a data source to ...
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How to use the SLD Filter “Difference”

I have a postgis table with polygon geometries. I would like to create an sld which first does an inside buffer, and then a difference between the buffer and the original geometry. This is basically ...
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Geoserver with SQL server consuming all my CPU

This question is long please bear me and my problem. SQL Server Query profiler The Sample Query from profiler that geoserver is running that corresponds to SLD I am using and not the SQL SERVER view I ...
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Point size based on the scale and point color based on the attribute in SLD

I want to edit points size based on the scale and also I want to set up colors based on one attribute column (Quantities in ArcMap, 10 classes). I already wrote SLD rules for colors, but I don't ...
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How to edit symbol diameter related to the catchment area?

I have a table with column Catchment area (in km2), and I need to set symbol diameter based on that column. I need to get .sld file so I'm working with uDig but if you know better software for this, I ...
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SLD encoding in GeoSever on Ubuntu

I am facing a challenge with the encoding in my SLD file in GeoServer on a Ubuntu server. When I create a SLD file containing the danish letters æ, ø, å in the GeoServer web interface like this ...
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How to handle multipoint symbology catalogue (as in mil2525c, tactical graphics appendix b)

Is there a general format (standards based) to store a vector based drawing description for multipoint symbology (means having several anchor points reflecting symbol point <-> geographic point ...
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Can a layer's style be modified dynamically using an SLD in OpenLayers?

I am a complete novice with GeoServer and OpenLayers. I'm trying to ascertain at what point a style is applied to a GeoServer layer which is drawn in OpenLayers, when using an SLD. The Introduction ...
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Using SLD to style according table column value

How to style various points with different image according to value(text) in the column of table(layer)?
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How to get multiple SLD files of the same shapefile?

I need to get multiple SLD files for the same shapefile. Geometry is polygons, and they need to be colored by one attribute column. What is the best solution? I'm working with ArcMap2SLD or ArcMap to ...
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How to create varying opacity within a layer in Mapserver?

Suppose you have a mapfile containing a background layer and a layer with a lot of overlapping linestrings. Now, for the overlapping linestrings, it might be good to visualize their density, thus at ...
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Optimizing SLD map styling implementation

Styling a map on demand can be a great bottleneck if you don't have a good strategy to deal with it. I'm sure there is a lot of techniques to implement the styling of maps, but I would like to ask you ...
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Looking for a MAP to SLD converter

Does anyone know where I can find the converter from .map to .sld? I have a big mapfile of styles for OSM and I have the styles mapnik.xml for OSM but I use Geoserver for my work. Or does anyone have ...
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Free Geoserver SLD for 2009 Tiger Line Data (preferably google maps color scheme)

I need to render a base map using the Open layers. I have downloaded 2009 Tiger line Data. I need to get up and running quickly. I think I can save some time if i use ready made SLDs, instead of ...
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Duplicate display of annotation in SLD script

I am using one sld file in geoserver of village parcel display. It works fine, but the issue is that the annotation(parcelno) display duplicates/replicates when I zoom in. What can I do? Thanks
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The submit button for styles in Geoserver

Say I have a layer L in Geoserver to which i attach a style S (in the GS backend i published L using S). Of course, If I use the style editor in the GS backend and change the SLD for S and then ...
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What's the best way to author SLD files from ArcGIS? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to edit or convert ArcGIS 10 layer style to a SLD's file. I'd like to be able to create styled layer description (SLD) files for use with GeoServer. I'd like to ...
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Mapserver can't write in /var/www/mapserver/log/

I'm executing Mapserver 5.6.4 under Apache2 in a Ubuntu 10.04 machine. I'm having problems writing log file. In the mapfile, I have: CONFIG "MS_ERRORFILE" "/var/www/mapserver/log/mylogfile.log" ...
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SLD encoding with GeoServer REST Configuration

I am using the GeoServer REST Configuration to add the following SLD file to GeoServer: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <StyledLayerDescriptor version="1.0.0" ...
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Styling a polygon layer using external graphics

I have a layer which is comprised of a number of different polygons symbolised according to their type. I have set up a style which successfully filters by type then applies a corresponding fill (in ...
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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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