Skip to Content
Mastering Geoserver
book

Mastering Geoserver

by Colin Henderson
November 2014
Beginner to intermediate
420 pages
10h 2m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Mastering Geoserver

Chapter 3. Working with Vector Data in Spatial Databases

In the previous chapter, we looked at how we can optimize our raster datasets in to be able to serve them more efficiently. In this chapter, we will take a look at how we can work with vector datasets in a production environment, with our focus being on serving the data through spatial database platforms. Although GeoServer is very good at serving data from flat file formats such as Esri shapefiles, you can't beat the performance benefits from utilizing a spatial database platform in a production environment with large datasets. Out of the box, GeoServer will support connecting to a PostGIS database; however, GeoServer's pluggable architecture can be used to support other platforms. At the ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Expert GeoServer

Expert GeoServer

Ben Mearns
Programming Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012

Programming Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012

Leonard Lobel and Andrew Brust
Leaflet.js Essentials

Leaflet.js Essentials

Paul Crickard III
GeoServer Cookbook

GeoServer Cookbook

Stefano Iacovella

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781783287697