Publication of spatial data using open source tools

Motivation for publishing spatial data

• share the data with colleagues, bots
• visualize the data (make nice maps)
• reuse the data
• share BIG data
• add value to data (build map applications)

Components

• Server
• Client

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• API

Fig. 63 Components needed for spatial data publication infrastructure.

Database, map server, client applications. As “client” - another server can be used too.

Topics

• Communication protocols between the server and client
  • OGC Open Web Services
  • QGIS and OWS
    • New QGIS project
    • OGC Web Map Service
    • QGIS project deployment
    • What have we done?
    • Load Published WMS service to QGIS
    • OGC Web Feature Service
    • Testing OGC WFS directly
    • Adding WFS layer to QGIS
    • OGC Web Coverage Service
    • Testing OGC WCS directly
• Open source and free software web mapping server programs
  • MapServer - the fast one
  • GeoServer - with GUI
  • Mapnik - for OpenStreetMap and Cartography
  • QGIS - The easy one