Geoserver Beginner`s Guide

Preface 1 Chapter 1: GIS Fundamentals 7 What is GIS about? 7 The foundation of any GIS – spatial data 8 Measuring the world 9 Projecting a sphere on a plane 10 Understanding coordinate systems 12 Commonly used coordinate systems 12 Universal Transverse Mercator system 12 Web Mercator 13 Spatial Reference Identifier (SRID) 13 Representing geometrical shapes 14 Modeling the real world with raster data 16 Representing the world 17 Time for action – exploring OpenStreetMap 20 Adding more colors to your maps 23 Choropleth maps 23 Proportional maps 25 Time for action – making your thematic map 26 Summary 29 Chapter 2: Getting Started with GeoServer 31 Installing Java 32 Time for action – checking the presence of Java on Windows 32 Time for action – checking the presence of Java on Ubuntu 34 Time for action – installing JRE on Windows 35 Time for action – installing JRE on Ubuntu 36 Installing Apache Tomcat 38 Time for action – installing Apache Tomcat on Windows 38 Table of Contents [ ii ] Time for action – installing Apache Tomcat on Ubuntu 42 Time for action – configuring Tomcat as a service on Ubuntu 45 Installing GeoServer 48 Time for action – deploying GeoServer on Tomcat 49 Implementing basic security 51 Time for action – improving security settings 52 Summary 53 Chapter 3: Exploring the Administrative Interface 55 Understanding the interface 55 About & Status 57 Server Status 57 Locks 58 Connections 58 Memory Usage 58 JVM Version and fonts 58 JAI usage and configurations 58 Update Sequence 58 Resource Cache 59 Configuration and catalog 59 GeoServer Logs 59 Contact Information 59 About 60 Time for action – manually reloading configuration 60 Data 61 Layer Preview 61 Time for action – OpenLayers preview 62 Time for action – KML preview 63 Workspaces 64 Time for action – creating a workspace 65 Stores 66 Layers 68 Layer groups 69 Styles 69 Services 70 WMS 71 Time for action – limiting the SRS list from WMS 71 WFS 73 WCS 73 Settings 73 Global 73 Verbose Reporting 73 En