Introduction to the OpenGeo SuiteΒΆ
Welcome! This workshop will introduce you to the OpenGeo Suite, a complete web mapping solution. The OpenGeo Suite includes the following components:
- PostGIS - Spatial database
- GeoServer - Web map / application server
- GeoWebCache - Tile cache server
- OpenLayers - Browser-based map display library
- GeoExt - Mapping application library
The OpenGeo Suite stack
We’ll go into the details of each component throughout the workshop.
- Workshop materials
- Part 1: The OpenGeo Suite
- Part 2: PostGIS
- Part 3: GeoServer
- Introducing GeoServer
- Server basics
- Web Map Service (WMS)
- Web Feature Service (WFS)
- GeoServer Web Admin Interface
- GeoServer Concepts
- Creating a Workspace
- Publishing data from a file
- Importing data from PostGIS
- Other supported data formats
- Styling Layers in GeoServer
- Creating a layer group
- Other protocols
- Part 4: GeoExplorer
- Part 5: GeoWebCache
- Part 6: Building Custom Web Map Applications
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About OpenGeo
OpenGeo provides commercial open source software for internet mapping and geospatial application development. We are a social enterprise dedicated to the growth and support of open source software.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Feel free to use this material, but we ask that you please retain the OpenGeo branding, logos and style.

