GeoServer 2.0 Alpha 2 / 1.7.4

Open source server that will help you connect information to the Geospatial Web
GeoServer is an Open Source server that connects your information to the Geospatial Web. With GeoServer you can publish and edit data using open standards.

Your information is made available in a large variety of formats as maps/images or actual geospatial data.

GeoServer's transactional capabilities offer robust support for shared editing. GeoServer's focus is ease of use and support for standards, in order to serve as 'glue' for the geospatial web, connecting from legacy databases to many diverse clients.

GeoServer supports WFS-T and WMS open protocols from the OGC to produce JPEG, PNG, GML, PDF, SVG, KML/KMZ, Shapefiles and more.

GeoServer is built on Geotools, the same Java toolkit that udig uses. GeoServer is a truly open community, with a well documented and modular codebase, so don't hesitate to get involved.


Main features of GeoServer:

Fully compliant to WMS, WFS (1.0 and 1.1) and WCS specifications, as tested by the CITE conformance tests.

Easy to use web-based configuration tool - no need to touch long, complicated config files.

Mature support for PostGIS, Shapefile, ArcSDE, DB2 and Oracle.

VPF, MySQL, MapInfo, and Cascading WFS are also supported formats.

On the fly reprojection, with an embedded EPSG database supporting hundreds of projections by default.

Web Map output as jpeg, gif, png, SVG, GeoJSON GeoRSS.

Excellent Google Earth Support

Raw vector data available as GML and zipped Shapefiles through the WFS.

WCS and WMS Raster support, including support for

Anti-aliased images.

Integrated OpenLayers as a default ajax viewer.

Standards compliant 'by default' - no need to figure out complex configuration options just to serve basic data.

Streaming data readers: no memory bound limit to the amount of data that can be returned.

Full SLD support, both user defined (POST and GET), as well as used in styling configuration.

Full Filter support on all data formats in WFS (but optimized for backend format where possible).

Support for atomic database transactions through the standard WFS-T protocol, available on all data formats.

Long Transactions through a full implementation of the Locking portion of the WFS specification.

Innovative Validation Engine that checks inserted features against a configured set of topological and attributed based rules, to maintain backend integrity.

Java (J2EE) servlet-based, can run in any servlet container.

Designed for extension, source code that's a pleasure to read.

Easy to write new data formats with GeoTools DataStore interfaces and helper classes, making GeoServer the standards based interface to legacy data.

No need to recompile to support more data formats, GeoTools DataStores instantly plug-in to GeoServer, even showing up as an option in the configuration gui.

True open source development style, built by a strong community, that you can join and become a part of, tailoring GeoServer for your needs.

Documentation that details everything in easy to understand language.

Active email lists for quick support.

Commercial grade installation, support, customization and improvements available from an eco-system of companies, non-profits, and consulting individuals.


What's New in This Release:

Bug:

[GEOS-2053] - SLD Library with WMS request not working properly

[GEOS-2070] - Oracle data won't show up properly when bbox exceeeds world bounds

[GEOS-2598] - Java exception when doing getFeatureInfo on OpenLayers map with 2 layers

[GEOS-2628] - Request method check in GetMapRequest randomly throws NPE

[GEOS-2633] - Layer group bounds generation fails with postgis layers

[GEOS-2656] - Cannot configure a shapefile whose name is less than 3 chars long

[GEOS-2670] - Dynamic symbolizers not evaluated in KML output

[GEOS-2690] - WFS-T updates including geometry changes fail on Oracle-NG

[GEOS-2695] - WFS requests with PropertyName have error when using 1.0.0 (1.1.0 is OK) on 1.7.2

[GEOS-2732] - SHAPE-ZIP output format fails when the input data source does not have the geometry as the first attribute

[GEOS-2734] - Image Mosaic JDBC extension does not contain a README (or LICENSE) file

[GEOS-2737] - Imagemap extension does not contain a README (or LICENSE) file

[GEOS-2744] - Raster Issue - no-data pixels in full tiles should be 0xFF instead of 0x00

[GEOS-2745] - SDE Raster issue - Error fetching colormap data

[GEOS-2746] - SDE Raster issue - Some layers not drawing properly at different zoom levels

[GEOS-2752] - Loading base maps which have trailing default styles fails

[GEOS-2769] - Error saving the configuration of a new feature type

[GEOS-2778] - new directory datastore creates backup feature types instead of feature types

[GEOS-2779] - SLD filter against Postgresql 8.3.+

[GEOS-2781] - Stack overflow when using SLD with many rules against a JDBC database

[GEOS-2803] - FeatureType: baseschema: gml:AbstractFeatureType

[GEOS-2807] - Rendering issues caused by a poor quality shapefile

[GEOS-2818] - Namespace deletion should check for any store/layer still using the namespace

[GEOS-2820] - GetFeatureInfo does not work with aliased layers

[GEOS-2821] - GeoRSS and GeoJSON throwing exceptions with per layer security

[GEOS-2823] - Shapefile rendering slowdown when using directory data store

[GEOS-2825] - Styles changed using the Styler application (i.e. RESTconfig) are not persisted

[GEOS-2831] - geoserver 1.7.3 hangs while rendering short text

[GEOS-2832] - GetFeatureInfo does not return any rows with text/html format

[GEOS-2863] - GWC Demos don't find OpenLayers.js

[GEOS-2940] - GetFeature fails if no native srs is set in Oracle

[GEOS-2941] - WFS 1.0.0 Cite tests, DescribeFeatureType schema namespace

Improvement:

[GEOS-948] - the namespace in front of the layer name in a map request is required

[GEOS-1520] - Improve the cite testing documentation

[GEOS-1624] - GML3-GZIP is not there

[GEOS-2049] - Remove the regionation factories, register the regionation strategies directly instead

[GEOS-2363] - Commit various improvements for RESTConfig

[GEOS-2372] - MIN_GOODNESS_FIT causing labels to be missed off.

[GEOS-2529] - REST CoverageListResource improvement

[GEOS-2531] - REST CoverageResource improvement

[GEOS-2575] - Tone down client stream aborted exceptions in kml/kmz map producers

[GEOS-2629] - Try to provide better error messages when the capabilities document fails due to a misconfigured layer

[GEOS-2692] - Allow for certain invalid characters (such as a period) in the created shapefile name

[GEOS-2701] - Have FeatureBoundsFeatureCollection force in the proper reference system when the wrapped collection does return an envelope without one

[GEOS-2776] - New splash screen for installers

[GEOS-2786] - GetFeatureInfo default template should not uppercase attribute names

[GEOS-2824] - Add number format support in text symbolizer

[GEOS-2906] - Add pom maven-resources-plugin configuration to set encoding to UTF-8

New Feature:

[GEOS-1008] - GetFeatureInfo should take into consideration filters in the SLD

[GEOS-1162] - Support custom raster legends via GetLegendGraphic

[GEOS-1434] - Making the tolerance of FeatureInfo-Requests configurable

[GEOS-2625] - Allow label conflict resolution to be turned off for selected labels

[GEOS-2815] - WMS Decoration Layout

Task:

[GEOS-2521] - GWC needs database for meta information

[GEOS-2671] - Document support for new arcsde raster formats

[GEOS-2838] - Describe new &buffer GetFeatureInfo parameter and the maxBuffer wms setting