• Quickstart - Get Up and Running with GeoServer and Google Earth in Minutes
• Overview - Overview of GeoServer for Google Earth Users
• Styling Guide - Comprehensive Guide to Styling KML
• Features - KML and Google Earth Features
• Tutorials - Step-by-step Guides to Performing Specific Tasks

About

Google Earth is a free-of-charge virtual globe program. It maps the entire earth by pasting images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS over a 3D globe.

KML is the exchange format used by Google Earth. With KML users can visualize their own data directly within the Google Earth application.

GeoServer supports Google Earth by automatically providing KML as an output format. Any data configured to be served by GeoServer is able to take advantage of the full visualization capabilities of Google Earth. These pages give all the details on getting started and using advanced GeoServer/Google Earth features. The GeoServer Project strives to provide the most complete and customizable implementation of KML from a dynamic server.

Features

These pages provide overviews of particular Google Earth features that GeoServer offers.

• 01-KML Reflector
• 02 Custom Descriptions
• 03-Scoring
• 04-Legend Overlays
• 05-KML Super Overlays
• 06-KML Time
• 07-Filtering Data
• 08-Placemarks For Raster Output

Tutorials

Tutorials walks you completely through a given subject, with lots of pictures and guidance.

• 00-Loading Shapefile Data

• 01-Placemark Templates
• 02-Time Templates
• 03-Super Overlays and TileCache