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ApsaraDB RDS:Overview

Last Updated:Sep 22, 2023

GeoServer is a Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)-based software server in compliance with OpenGIS standards. It allows you to publish, update, delete, and insert geospatial data. You can share spatial information by using GeoServer.

GeoServer conforms to both the Web Map Service (WMS) and Web Feature Service (WFS) standards set forth by Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). It supports PostgreSQL, Shapefile, ArcSDE, Oracle, VPF, MySQL, MapInfo, and projections in hundreds of formats. GeoServer can produce maps in various formats, such as JPEG, GIF, PNG, SVG, and KML. GeoServer can run in any J2EE-based or Servlet-based container. It is integrated with OpenLayers, a mapping library that allows you to use asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) requests to create maps in Map Builder. GeoServer provides you with a number of features.

Download and install GeoServer

Note

We recommend that you download GeoServer 2.14.2 or later.

Decompress the GeoServer package to the webapps/geoserver/WEB-INFO/lib directory and start the container.