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GeoServer is an open source server for sharing geospatial data

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127 pointsomnibrain12 comments

I would also like to share https://pygeoapi.io/ which relies on the new OGC API standard to share geospatial data.

I currently use pygeoapi to publish the data of our research project instead of WFS. At the same time, I like the processing function that allows me to detach and control processes in individual Python files. Unfortunately, the config.yml gets very large quickly and I'm still struggling with passing files to the processes (quasi file upload). I'm not even sure if the official specification covers that.

Wow, this thing has been around forever. I remember using it on geospatial projects 10 years ago.

a.k.a. "stable"

Any good online resources for understanding WMS, WFS, and WCS for someone who's only ever worked with map tiles using the https://domain.com/{z}/{x}/{y}.png request format?

PennState has some very good open education material especially for GIS topics. This one (lesson 4) covers WMS, but I'm sure other courses also cover WFS and WCS: https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog585/node/696

I think that Geoserver's own docs are a good starting point:

https://docs.geoserver.org/2.22.x/en/user/services/index.htm...

The thing to remember is that WMS & WFS allow you to have a dynamic map, but the concept of that dynamic nature, is stuck in the late 90's

What more should they add? How would you like it improved? I am genuinely asking.

Comparison with recent startup project GeoDesk may be of interest:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33812983

Is it easy to pull data off of Pangaea [0]? There is a lot of useful data there.

[0] https://www.pangaea.de/

Does it use postgres or other databse and store the spatial data in-db?

The data stores are pluggable. Postgres (with PostGIS) is one option.

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