This is a maintenance release of the GeoServer 2.14 series and is a recommended update for existing installations.

A large number of individuals contributed to this release, with efforts primarily focused on the setup of a new build box for the team. Thanks to Torben, Tom, Andrea and Jody for their work restoring the build server. Some activities (windows installer, CITE testing) are still available to work on.

Improvements and Fixes

This release a few improvements and several bug fixes:

• Upgrade Jetty to 9.4.18.v20190429

• That GeoTIFF sources configured with earlier versions of GeoServer 2.14.x might not work in 2.15.x is now fixed in this version.

• Many dependencies have been updated, along with small bug fixes as described in the release notes.

About GeoServer 2.14 series

Additional information on the GeoServer 2.14 series:

• New MongoDB extension added
• Style editor improvements including side by side editing
• Nearest match support for WMS dimension handling

• Upgrade notes documenting REST API feature type definition change

• State of GeoServer 2.14 (SlideShare)

• GeoServer Ecosystem (SlideShare)

• GeoServer Developers Workshop (SlideShare)

This is a stable release recommended for production. This release is made in conjunction with GeoTools 21.2 and GeoWebCache 1.15.2. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release.

For more information see the GeoServer 2.15.2 release notes.

Improvements and Fixes

This release includes a number of fixes and improvements, including:

• Upgrade jackson to 2.9.9
• Upgrade spring-security-oauth2 version from 2.0.11 to 2.0.16
• Parameter Extractor plugin cannot mangle URL correctly if Monitor plugin is installed
• Fix warning message “Unable to find property ‘format.wfs.DXF’ for preview component”
• Integrated GWC fails to seed layers if any data security is configured
• WCS 2.0 scaling policies do not account for scaling factor already applied during read (due to subsampling and overview)
• Unresolvable Spring circular reference on Solr module
• REST exception handler and controllers do not always set the response content type
• Advanced Projection Handling can generate vertical gaps in output images when reprojecting
• Parameter Extractor plugin prevents the Monitor plugin to log requests
• WMTS multidimensional, support bboxes spanning the dateline

About GeoServer 2.15 Series

Additional information on the 2.15 series:

• Layer service settings allow WFS, WMS, WPS to be enabled on a layer by layer basis.
• GeoFence internal server extension a new approach to access control
• Style Editor supports auto-complete using control-space shortcut.
• SLD REST Service extension supports generation of thematic styles for vector and raster content.
• WPS vendor operation GetExecutation Status and Dismiss all management of running processes.
• Java 11 can now be used, see Running on Java 11.
• JAI-EXT operations are now enabled by default.

• Release notes ( 2.15.2

  2.15.1

  2.15.0

  2.15-RC

  2.15-M0)

Java 11 comparability is the result of a successful code-sprint. Thanks to participating organizations (Boundless, GeoSolutions, GeoCat, Astun Technology, CCRi) and sprint sponsors (Gaia3D, atol, osgeo:uk, Astun Technology).

This is a maintenance release of the GeoServer 2.14 series and is a recommended update for existing installations.

A large number of individuals contributed to this release, with efforts primarily focused on the setup of a new build box for the team. Thanks to Torben, Tom, Andrea and Jody for their work restoring the build server. Some activities (windows installer, pdf user guide, CITE testing) are still available to work on.

Improvements and Fixes

This release includes a number of new features and improvements:

• Improvements to security integration with tiles seeding now working against secured layers, and WCS now supporting “challenge” mode
• A subtle rendering fix when advanced projection handling is used to remove small vertical gaps in polygon output.
• Improved rendering for followLine and maxAngleDelta support.
• REST API now supports layer names that including dot character
• Include coverage metadata in WCS 2.0.1 GetCapabilities and DescribeCoverage output. Similar improvements for for GetFeatureInfo access to coverage metadata.
• WCS 1.0.0 support for elevation and custom dimensions
• Default security configuration restricts WFS StoredQuery management operations to administrator access
• Application schema has improved its support for xpath with the ability to support multiple matches
• Style validation is better able to handle internationalization in descriptive text such as title and description
• A small but important fix in how URL connection parameters are stored and transfered
• Many dependencies have been updated, along with small bug fixes as described in the release notes.

About GeoServer 2.14 series

Additional information on the GeoServer 2.14 series:

• New MongoDB extension added
• Style editor improvements including side by side editing
• Nearest match support for WMS dimension handling

• Upgrade notes documenting REST API feature type definition change

• State of GeoServer 2.14 (SlideShare)

• GeoServer Ecosystem (SlideShare)

• GeoServer Developers Workshop (SlideShare)

The GeoServer team is excited to attend this years event, hosted August 26-30th by the Romanian OSGeo Local chapter of geo-spatial.org. We are happy to showcase a wide range of GeoServer activities and look forward to meeting you there.

Update: Bird of a feature sessions announced, GeoServer Flock and Demos Wednesday 18:00-19:30 Concerto

Workshops

Workshops August 26-27th offer one of the main reasons to attend FOSS4G -hands-on experience with open source technology. GeoServer workshops include:

• GeoTools Developer Workshop
• Getting started with GeoServer: data configuration and styling
• GeoServer Developers Workshop

The early bird price of 50 EUR is an amazing value and well worth arriving earlier in the week.

Main Conference

The Main conference August 28-30 includes a wide range of GeoServer presentations covering project updates, highlighting the best features, key technologies and examples showcasing success stories.

• Creating Stunning Maps in GeoServer, with SLD, CSS, YSLD and MBStyles
• State of GeoServer 2019
• GeoServer feature frenzy
• Mapping the world beyond Web Mercator
• Crunching Data In GeoServer : Mastering Rendering Transformations, WPS Processes And SQL Views.
• GeoServer WFS3: introduction to the RESTful, schemaless, JSON first download service
• Standing up a OSM clone with GeoServer and CSS
• State of JAI
• The secret life of open source developers
• Using the OGC Web Processing Service (WPS) to move business logic to the server
• And many more …

This year also features labs which offer a hands-on experience open to all conference participants. GeoServer is represented with:

• Becoming a Documentation Contributor
• Introduction to OGC services, with examples from GeoServer

If you would like to attend a lab be sure to arrive early, when offered at prior conference labs have proven really popular (standing room only).

Community Sprint

The week concludes with a FOSS4G Community Sprint (wiki signup). GeoServer opportunities include:

• Did you take the developer workshop? This is a great chance to make your first pull-request.
• Did you attend the Documentation Contributor Lab? Join us and put your new skills to use!
• Experienced GeoServer developers can use the wiki to organize additional topics prior to the event.

This is a stable release recommended for production. This release is made in conjunction with GeoTools 21.1 and GeoWebCache 1.15.1. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release.

For more information see the GeoServer 2.15.1 release notes.

Improvements and Fixes

This release includes a number of fixes and improvements, including:

• Addressed “potentially malicious String” error encountered when first establishing a session with the web administration application.
• Importer fixed to connect to and create PostGIS datastore
• Fix REST API user creation problem
• Map preview fix to display projected maps with WMS 1.3.0
• WCS 2.0.1 metadata fix for GetCapabilities and DescribeCoverage
• WCS 1.0.0 and WCS 2.0 fixes for elevation and custom dimension use
• GetFeatureInfo template can now access metadata for raster layers
• Styling improvements respecting followLine and maxAngleDelta

About GeoServer 2.15 Series

Additional information on the 2.15 series:

• Layer service settings allow WFS, WMS, WPS to be enabled on a layer by layer basis.
• GeoFence internal server extension a new approach to access control
• Style Editor supports auto-complete using control-space shortcut.
• SLD REST Service extension supports generation of thematic styles for vector and raster content.
• WPS vendor operation GetExecutation Status and Dismiss all management of running processes.
• Java 11 can now be used, see Running on Java 11.
• JAI-EXT operations are now enabled by default.

• Release notes (2.15.1

  2.15.0

  2.15-RC

  2.15-M0)

Java 11 comparability is the result of a successful code-sprint. Thanks to participating organizations (Boundless, GeoSolutions, GeoCat, Astun Technology, CCRi) and sprint sponsors (Gaia3D, atol, osgeo:uk, Astun Technology).