Chapter 1. Working with Vectors

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • Using different WFS versions in OpenLayers
  • Using WFS nonspatial filters
  • Using WFS spatial filters
  • Using WFS vendor parameters
  • Filtering data with CQL
  • Filtering data with CQL spatial operators
  • Creating a SQL view
  • Creating a parametric view
  • Improving performance with pregeneralized features

Introduction

Vector data is probably the main source of spatial information that is used inside GeoServer to build maps. You may use the data both to render maps on the server side, that is, using the Web Map Service (WMS) standard, or have the client get the shapes and manipulate or render them in a map, that is, using the Web Feature Service (WFS) standard.

In this chapter, we will use ...

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