GeoServer
 Developed in Part by
Refractions Research Inc.
Victoria - British Columbia - Canada
http://geoserver.sourceforge.net
http://www.refractions.net


About GeoServer

GeoServer is an OpenGIS "Transactional Web Feature Server" (WFS-T) that provides read/write access to numerous spatial data sources via standard internet protocols.

GeoServer is written in 100% pure JavaTM and is deployed as a J2EE (Java2 Enterprise Edition) web application. GeoServer is compatible with standard J2EE servers, such as Apache Tomcat and Resin.

GeoServer is "transactional", meaning it supports feature editing and feature locking. Transaction support is important for providing concurrent editing of features over a network.

GeoServer is the OpenGIS reference implementation for Web Feature Servers. It passes all of the OpenGIS Conformance, Interoperability and Testing Environment (CITE) tests for WFS-T capabilities.

GeoServer supports several standard industry databases out of the box, including Oracle Spatial, ArcSDE, PostGIS and ESRI Shape Files. GeoServer supports OpenGIS GML version 2.1.

GeoServer conforms to the OpenGIS Web Feature Server specification version 1.0.0.



GeoServer XML

GeoServer renders pure GML output from hybrized XML:GML input data:





Development Roadmap

Current GeoServer Release Version: 1.2

  • Strong transaction support via backend database locking mechanisms.
  • Integrated validation framework (please see http://vwfs.refractions.net).
  • Fully CITE tested.
  • Integrated web interface for configuration and management.
  • OracleSpatial, ArcSDE, PostGIS, Shape File data sources.
  • WFS 1.0 and GML version 2.1 support
  • Alpha support for integrated OpenGIS Web Map Server (WMS).

Upcoming GeoServer Release Version: 2.0

  • Full WMS server support with Styled Layer Descriptors.
  • Web interface for WMS server configuration and management.
  • MySQL, MapInfo, GeoTIFF, ECW data sources.
  • Beta GML version 3 support.

Development Team

GeoServer is produced by a global team of independent developers and organizations, including:

The Open Planning Project

Created the first (1.0) version of GeoServer and provide development leadership for the GeoServer project.

Refractions Research Inc.

Contributed validation features, a web-based configuration interface, and numerous enhancements to the 1.2 release of GeoServer.





Support

GeoServer is supported by the open source community and by Refractions Research for commercial support.

Visit the Support page



Refractions Research

Refractions Research is a GIS and database consulting and development corporation, specializing in enterprise spatial databases, data integration and open-source spatial solutions.

Refractions offers consulting services in spatial systems architecture, PostGIS/PostgreSQL database implementations, as well as custom enhancements to PostGIS.

For more information, please contact:

Paul Ramsey, President
pramsey@refractions.net
Phone: (250) 885 0632 or (250) 383 3022
Fax: (250) 383 2140