I dabbled with GeoServer a year or two ago, so I'm not entirely unfamiliar with it, but I haven't touched it for a while.
Suddenly a project has popped up for which I think GeoServer is a good way to go, and I'd like to get any quick-start suggestions I can, so I can get up and going with GeoServer again as quickly as possible. I want to be able to serve a web map to some number of client machines (not a large number, say 10 or so). The map will be of North America, divided into ARRL "sections" (amateur radio regions, many of which are whole states, but the larger states are divided into two or more sections). I may have to build that dataset myself, which I can probably muddle through in ArcMap and produce a shapefile, if I have to. For each section's polygon, I want to be able to symbolize the polygon according to data that will be constantly changing, and that data will not be stored in the shapefile, but come from some other not-yet-defined source (web service, probably, or a flat file that gets periodically updated). Ideally each polygon's color would render based on a numerical value (from the web service or flat file), as well as display the numerical value (plus a static label identifying the section) within the polygon. I'm comfortable with Tomcat, so will probably use the .war file distribution of GeoServer, and the server will probably be Windoze of some flavor. I'd rather not add the overhead of having to set up a spatial database (like PostreSQL), but if that's what I need to do in order to get the dynamic symbolization, so be it. But some file-based option would be preferred, for simplicity and expediency. Mediocre performance is acceptable (2-3 seconds to render the map would be okay). Hardware that everything runs on will not likely be particularly powerful. All the clients will come from the local Ethernet LAN, which may or may not be connected to the Internet (if it is, it will probably be a slow connection). Any quick-start recommendations to get me running in the right direction(s) would be much appreciated.... David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users
