A new file chooser for GeoServer

Creating a new shapefile or directory store in GeoServer is nowadays quite easy, you basically just have to specify the path to the file or the directory and GeoServer figures out the rest. However, that still requires you to hand type the path to the file.I normally don't mind when running GeoServer locally, but it sure gets annoying when GeoServer is deployed on a remote host and a ssh session is needed to pick up the exact paths.However it's really doing GeoServer workshops that one sees poeople used to desktop software getting out of their comfort zone with this "type...

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“Geoserver for the masses” from the Tanzanian GIS User Group

Dear All,just spreading the word on this nice article that evaluates/introduces GeoServer as a tools to easily disseminate geosaptial data. We are actually very proud to hear the following:Although GeoServer will not find the same audience as Google Earth it helps by leveling the field when it comes to providing spatial data by the use of servers. Where one earlier would need detailed knowledge (and funding) to set up ESRI products, one may now do the same investing only a couple of hours of work. Within hours you could be able to present spatial data within your own organization, or even externally...

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"Geoserver for the masses" from the Tanzanian GIS User Group

Dear All,just spreading the word on this nice article that evaluates/introduces GeoServer as a tools to easily disseminate geosaptial data. We are actually very proud to hear the following:Although GeoServer will not find the same audience as Google Earth it helps by leveling the field when it comes to providing spatial data by the use of servers. Where one earlier would need detailed knowledge (and funding) to set up ESRI products, one may now do the same investing only a couple of hours of work. Within hours you could be able to present spatial data within your own organization, or even externally...

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WMS cascading in latest GeoServer

One of the new exciting features in the GeoServer 2.1 series is WMS cascading.For those that are not familiar with it, cascading allows to expose layers coming from other WMS servers as if they were local layers. This provides for some interesting advantages:Clients connecting to your SDI need to care about less points of origin, which might be important for high security networksIt is now possible to ask for maps in formats not supported by the original server, or to reproject the maps in projections not supported by the original server (GeoServer supports out of the box almost 5000 different coordinate...

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GeoServer Workshop at GFOSS DAY 2010

GeoSolutions will hold a 2 hours GeoServer workshop at GFOSS DAY 2010,  the annual gathering of the Italian FOSS4G crowd.The workshop will provide a quick introduction to the GeoServer framework and will mainly focus on:basic installationbasic data configuration and publishingbasic data exploitationIn case you are around and you want to attend the workshop, make sure to register for the conference since seats are limited!The GeoSolutions team.

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