GeoServer User Guide (English)
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        • Usage Via GeoServer's User Interface
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        • Use Cases
        • COG (Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF) Documentation
        • COG (Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF) Support
        • ImageMosaic example with Modis COG datasets
        • COG ImageMosaic from local storage to S3
        • Dynamic colormap generation
        • CoverageJSON output format
        • DDS/BIL(World Wind Data Formats) Extension
        • Elasticsearch data store
        • Features-Autopopulate Extension
        • Features-Templating Extension
        • Template Configuration
        • Template Directives
        • Installing the GeoServer FEATURES-TEMPLATING extension
        • Backward Mapping
        • Features Templatring Rest API
        • Schemas Configuration
        • WFS FlatGeobuf input and output format
        • Installing WFS FlatGeobuf output format
        • GDAL based WCS Output Format
        • GeoParquet
        • Configuring GeoParquet Data Stores
        • Installing the GeoParquet Extension
        • GeoPackage Extension
        • Installing the GeoServer GeoPackage extension
        • GeoPackage WPS Process
        • GeoStyler
        • Graticule Extension
        • GSR Extension
        • Dynamic Map Layer Examples
        • Examples
        • Feature Layer Examples
        • Feature Table Example
        • Functionality
        • Installing the GeoServer GSR extension
        • GSR Usage
        • GWC Azure BlobStore plugin
        • GWC Google Cloud Storage BlobStore plugin
        • GWC MBTiles layer plugin
        • GWC SQLite Plugin
        • SAP HANA
        • Hazelcast Clustering Plugin
        • Importer JDBC storage
        • JDBCConfig
        • JDBCConfig configuration
        • Installing JDBCConfig
        • JDBCStore
        • JDBCStore configuration
        • Installing JDBCStore
        • JMS based Clustering
        • Installation
          • JDBC Primary/Replica
          • Shared File System Primary/Replica
          • HOWTO configure ActiveMQ broker
        • JWT Headers
        • JWT Headers configuration
        • Installing JWT Headers
        • JWT Header Overview
        • Libdeflate
        • MBTiles Extension
        • MBTiles Raster and Vector Data Stores
        • Installing the GeoServer MBTiles extension
        • MBTiles Output Format
        • Monitoring Kafka storage
        • Kafka storage Configuration
        • Installing the Kafka Monitor Extension
        • Usage of Monitoring Kafka extension
        • Monitoring with Micrometer support
        • Monitor Micrometer Configuration
        • Installing the Monitor Micrometer Extension
        • Usage of the Monitor Micrometer Extension
        • ncWMS WMS extensions support
        • GHRSST NetCDF output
        • Notification community module Plugin Documentation
        • OGC API modules
        • OGC Testbed Experiments
          • OGC API - 3D GeoVolumes
          • OGC API - Coverages
          • OGC API - Maps
          • OGC API - Processes
          • OGC API - Styles
          • OGC API - Tiled features demonstration
          • OGC API - Tiles
        • OGR datastore
        • OAuth2 OpenID Connect
        • Advanced Information
        • OAUTH2/OIDC configuration
        • Installing the OAUTH2/OIDC module
        • Configuring the roles source
          • Configure the Microsoft Azure authentication provider
          • Configuring with a Generic OIDC IDP
          • Configure the GitHub authentication provider
          • Configure the Google authentication provider
          • Configuring with Keycloak
        • OpenSearch for EO
        • The STAC extension
        • Automation with the administration REST API
        • Configuring the OpenSearch module
        • The JDBC store database structure
        • Installing the OpenSearch for EO module
        • Introduction to OpenSearch for EO
        • OpenSearch/STAC security
        • OpenSearch/STAC JSON templates
        • Upgrading from previous version
        • PMTiles DataStore
        • Installing the PMTiles DataStore Extension
        • Using PMTiles DataStores
        • Proxy Base Extension
        • Installing the Proxy Base extension
        • Using the Proxy Base Extension module
        • WPS Remote community module
        • Deployment And Setup Of GeoServer With WPS Remote Plugin
        • Deployment And Setup Of The XMPP Python Wrappers
        • Installation Of OpenFire XMPP Server To Exchange Messages
        • A Remote "Gdal Contour" Process Binding Example
        • S3 Support for GeoTiff
        • Schemaless Features Mongo Plugin
        • Installing the Schemaless Mongo module
          • MongoDB Schemaless Support
        • SingleStore
        • Smart Data Loader Extension
        • Smart Data Loader
        • Installing the Smart Data Loader extension
        • SOLR data store
        • SOLR layer configuration
        • Loading spatial data into SOLR
        • Optimize rendering of complex polygons
        • SpatialJSON WFS Output Format Extension
        • Attributes
        • Development Status
        • Installation
        • Schema
        • STAC Datastore extension
        • STAC data store
        • Installing the STAC data store
        • Task Manager
        • Basic Concepts
        • Developer's Guide
        • TaskManager Guide
        • Vector Mosaic datastore
        • Vector Mosaic Datastore configuration
        • Vector Mosaic Datastore Delegate Requirements
        • Installing Vector Mosaic Datastore
        • Vector Mosaic Datastore REST ingestion
        • VSI Virtual File System Support
        • HTTP Based Authorization plug-in
        • HTTP Based Authorization configuration
        • Installing the HTTP Based Authorization plug-in
        • WMS WebP output format
        • Installing WMS WebP output format
        • WebP Processing
        • WFS FreeMarker Extension
        • WFS FreeMarker Extension configuration
        • Installing the WFS FreeMarker Extension
        • WPS Download NetCDF
        • WPS longitudinal profile process
        • WPS OpenAI process
      • Server configuration
      • REST Configuration
      • Contact Information
      • Global Settings
      • Advanced log configuration
      • Raster Access
      • Status
      • Virtual Services
        • Coordinate Reference System Handling
        • Coordinate Reference System Configuration
        • Coordinate Operations
        • Custom CRS Definitions
        • Manually editing the EPSG database
        • Demos
        • Image Processing
        • Internationalization (i18n)
        • OGC API Service Configuration
        • Application Properties
        • Service Metadata
        • Tools
          • Bulk Load tool
          • Resource Browser tool
          • Resource Browser
          • Resource Browser Examples
          • Installing the GeoServer Web Resource extension
      • Data management
        • Application schemas
        • Application Schema Resolution
        • Complex Features
        • Configuration
        • CQL functions
        • Data Access Integration
        • Data Stores
        • Feature Chaining
        • Installation
        • Joining Support For Performance
        • Mapping File
        • MongoDB Tutorial
        • Polymorphism
        • Property Interpolation
        • Secondary Namespaces
        • Apache Solr Tutorial
        • Supported GML Versions
        • Tutorial
        • WFS 2.0 Support
        • WFS Service Settings
        • WMS Support
        • Cascaded service data
        • Cascaded Web Feature Service Stored Queries
        • External Web Feature Server
        • External Web Map Server
        • External Web Map Tile Server
        • Databases
        • Database Connection Pooling
        • Db2
        • JNDI
        • MySQL
        • Oracle
        • PostGIS
        • Controlling feature ID generation in spatial databases
        • Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Azure
        • Custom SQL session start/stop scripts
        • SQL Views
        • Raster data
        • ArcGrid
        • Coverage Views
        • GDAL Image Formats
        • GeoPackage
        • GeoTIFF
        • ImagePyramid
        • WorldImage
          • ImageMosaic
          • Configuration
          • Using the ImageMosaic extension
        • Vector data
        • Directory of spatial files
        • Pregeneralized Features
        • GeoPackage
        • Java Properties
        • Shapefile
        • Data settings
        • Layer Groups
        • Layer Preview
        • Layers
        • Stores
        • Workspaces
      • GeoServer data directory
      • Parameterize catalog settings
      • Data directory location
      • Migrating a data directory between versions
      • Setting the data directory location
      • Structure of the data directory
      • Extensions
      • Excel WFS Output Format
      • OGR based WFS Output Format
        • Installing the ArcGrid extension
        • Key authentication module
        • CAS integration
        • Control flow module
        • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) - ISO Metadata Profile
        • Installing Catalog Services for Web (CSW) - ISO Metadata Profile
        • CSW ISO Metadata Profile Mapping File
        • CSW ISO Metadata Profile Queryables
        • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) ISO Metadata tutorial
        • DXF OutputFormat for WFS and WPS PPIO
        • Geofence Plugin
        • GeoFence Cache REST
        • GeoFence Admin GUI
        • Installing the GeoServer GeoFence extension
        • Geofence Internal Server
        • GeoFence Server GUI
        • Installing the GeoServer GeoFence Server extension
        • Migrating GeoFence configuration
        • AdminRules Rest API
        • Batch Rest API
        • GeoFence Rest API
        • Using the Internal GeoFence server (Tutorial)
        • Geofence WPS Integration
        • GeoFence WPS rules setup
        • Installing the GeoServer GeoFence WPS Integration
        • GeoPackage Output
        • Installing the GeoPackage Output Extension
        • Using the GeoPackage Output Extension
        • GRIB
        • GWC S3 BlobStore plugin
        • Configuring the S3 BlobStore plugin
        • Installing the GWC S3 extension
        • IAU planetary CRSs
        • Installing the IAU authority
        • Using IAU authority
        • Installing the Image extension
        • Importer
        • Configuring the Importer extension
        • Supported data formats
        • Importer interface reference
        • Installing the Importer extension
        • Importer REST API examples
        • REST API
        • Using the Importer extension
        • INSPIRE
        • Installing the INSPIRE extension
        • Using the INSPIRE extension
        • JP2K Plugin
        • KML
        • KML Styling
        • Overview
        • Quickstart
          • Features
          • Customizing Placemarks
          • Filters
          • KML Placemark Placement
          • KML Height and Time
          • KML Legends
          • KML Reflector
          • KML Regionation
          • KML Scoring
          • KML Super-Overlays
          • Toggling Placemarks
          • Tutorials
          • Super-Overlays and GeoWebCache
            • Heights Templates
            • KML Placemark Templates
            • Time
        • libjpeg-turbo Map Encoder Extension
        • MapML
        • Installation
        • Templates With FreeMarker
        • Metadata
        • Advanced
        • Configuration
        • Fields configuration
        • User Guide
        • MongoDB Data Store
        • Monitoring
        • Audit Logging
        • Monitor Configuration
        • GeoIP
        • Installing the Monitor Extension
        • Monitoring Overview
        • Monitor Query API
        • Data Reference
        • NetCDF
        • NetCDF Output Format
        • Nc4
        • Parameters Extractor
        • Installing the Parameter Extractor extension
        • Using the Parameters Extractor module
        • GeoServer Printing Module
        • Printing Configuration
        • Printing FAQ
        • Printing Installation
        • Printing Protocol
        • Cross-layer filtering
        • Raster Attribute Table support
        • Installing the RAT module
        • Using the RAT Module
        • SLD REST Service
        • Vector Tiles
        • Installing the Vector Tiles Extension
        • Vector Tiles Generation Options
        • Vector tiles tutorial
        • Web Coverage Service 2.0 Earth Observation extensions
        • WMTS Multidimensional
        • Installing the WMTS multidimensional extension
        • WMTS Multidimensional performance
        • WMTS Multidimensional usage
        • WPS Download
        • Rendered map/animation download processes
        • Raw data download processes
        • WPS JDBC
      • Filtering
      • ECQL Reference
      • Filter Encoding Reference
      • Filter functions
      • Filter Function Reference
      • Supported filter languages
      • GeoWebCache
      • Configuration
      • HTTP Response Headers
      • Seeding and refreshing
      • Troubleshooting
      • Using GeoWebCache
        • GeoWebCache REST API
        • Disk Quota
        • Managing Layers
        • Seeding and Truncating
        • GeoWebCache settings
        • BlobStores
        • Caching defaults
        • Demo page
        • Disk Quotas
        • Gridsets
        • Tile Layers
      • Getting started
        • Publishing a GeoPackage
        • Publishing a Layer Group
        • Publishing a GeoTIFF
        • Publishing a PostGIS table
        • Preflight Checklist
        • Publishing a shapefile
        • Publishing a style
        • Using the web administration interface
      • Installation
      • Docker Container
      • Linux binary
      • Upgrading GeoServer
      • Web archive
      • Windows binary
      • Windows installer
      • Introduction
      • Getting involved
      • History
      • License
      • Overview
      • Running in a production environment
      • Configuration Considerations
      • Container Considerations
      • Data Considerations
      • Make cluster nodes identifiable from the GUI
      • Java Considerations
      • Linux init scripts
      • Other Considerations
      • Troubleshooting
      • REST
      • About
      • App Schema
      • Auth Filters
      • Auth Providers (How-To)
      • Filter Chains
      • Fonts
      • Uploading a new image mosaic
      • Layer groups
      • Layers
      • Security
      • Stores
      • Styles
      • URL Checks
      • User/Group Services
      • Workspaces
        • REST configuration API reference
        • Access Control
        • Auth Filters
        • Auth Providers (Endpoint Reference)
        • Coverages
        • Coverage stores
        • Data stores
        • API details
        • Feature types
        • Filter Chains
        • Fonts
        • Global settings
        • Layer groups
        • Layers
        • Logging settings
        • Manifests
        • Keystore Password
        • Namespaces
        • Reloading configuration
        • Resource reset
        • Resources
        • Self admin
        • OWS Services
        • Styles
        • Freemarker templates
        • URL Checks
        • User Group Services
        • Users/Groups and Roles
        • Workspaces
      • Security
      • Content Security Policy
      • Disabling security
      • Layer security
      • Passwords
      • REST Security
      • Root account
      • Filesystem sandboxing
      • Service Security
      • URL Checks
        • Authentication
        • Authentication chain
        • Authentication to OWS and REST services
        • Authentication providers
        • Authenticating to the Web Admin Interface
        • Tutorials
          • Authentication with LDAP against ActiveDirectory
          • Authentication with CAS
          • Configuring X.509 Certificate Authentication
          • Configuring Apache HTTPD Session Integration
          • Configuring Digest Authentication
          • Configuring HTTP Header Proxy Authentication
          • Configuring J2EE Authentication
          • Authentication with LDAP
        • Role system
        • Interaction between user/group and role services
        • Roles
        • Role services
        • Role source and role calculation
        • Users and Groups
        • User/group services
        • Security settings
        • Authentication
        • CSRF Protection
        • Data
        • File Browsing
        • Passwords
        • Services
        • Settings
        • Users, Groups, Roles
      • Services
        • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW)
        • DirectDownload
        • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) features
        • Installing Catalog Services for Web (CSW)
        • OGC API - Features
        • Configuration of OGC API - Features module
        • OGC API Features Installation
        • Using OGC API - Features service
        • OGC API - Features Implementation status
        • HTML Templates
        • Web Coverage Service (WCS)
        • WCS basics
        • WCS configuration
        • Installing the WCS 1.0 and 1.1 extensions
        • WCS output formats
        • WCS reference
        • WCS Request Builder
        • WCS Vendor Parameters
        • WCS settings
        • Web Feature Service (WFS)
        • Axis ordering
        • WFS basics
        • WFS output formats
        • WFS reference
        • WFS schema mapping
        • WFS vendor parameters
        • WFS settings
        • Web Map Service (WMS)
        • WMS basics
        • WMS configuration
        • WMS Decorations
        • Global variables affecting WMS
        • Non Standard AUTO Namespace
        • WMS output formats
        • WMS reference
        • Time Support in GeoServer WMS
        • WMS vendor parameters
        • WMS settings
          • GetLegendGraphic
        • Web Map Tile Service (WMTS)
        • WMTS settings
        • Web Processing Service (WPS)
        • WPS Service page
        • Hazelcast based process status clustering
        • Installing the WPS extension
        • WPS Operations
        • WPS Request Builder
        • WPS Security and input limits
          • Process Cookbook
          • Process chaining
          • Geometry Processes
          • GeoServer processes
      • Styling
        • CSS Styling
        • Understanding Cascading in CSS
        • Directives
        • Filter syntax
        • Installing the GeoServer CSS extension
        • Metadata
        • Multiple layers in the same CSS
        • Multi-valued properties
        • Nested rules
        • Property listing
        • Styled marks
        • Rendering transformations in CSS
        • Tutorial: Styling data with CSS
        • CSS value types
          • CSS Cookbook
          • Lines
          • Points
          • Polygons
          • Rasters
          • Styling examples
          • Example of 2.5D extrusion
          • KML
          • Miscellaneous
          • Fills with randomized symbols
          • Using transformation functions
        • MBStyle Styling
        • Installing the GeoServer MBStyle extension
        • Publishing a GeoServer Layer for use with Mapbox Styles
          • MBStyle Cookbook
          • Lines
          • Points
          • Polygons
          • MBStyle references
        • Generating SLD styles with QGIS
        • SLD Styling
        • Introduction to SLD
        • i18N in SLD
        • Working with SLD
          • SLD Cookbook
          • Lines
          • Points
          • Polygons
          • Rasters
          • SLD Extensions in GeoServer
          • Geometry transformations in SLD
          • Label Obstacles
          • Adding space around graphic fills
          • Graphic symbology in GeoServer
          • Fills with randomized symbols
          • Rendering Selection
          • Rendering Transformations
          • Variable substitution in SLD
          • Specifying symbolizer sizes in ground units
            • Color compositing and color blending
            • Compositing and blending example
            • Composite and blending modes
            • Specifying compositing and blending in SLD
            • Z ordering features within and across feature types and layers
            • Z ordering single layer example
            • Enabling z-ordering in a single FeatureTypeStyle
          • SLD Reference
          • Filters
          • Labeling
          • Layers
          • LineSymbolizer
          • PointSymbolizer
          • PolygonSymbolizer
          • RasterSymbolizer
          • Rules
          • StyledLayerDescriptor
          • Styles
          • TextSymbolizer
          • SLD Tips and Tricks
          • Styling mixed geometry types
          • Styling using Transformation Functions
        • Styles
        • Styling Workshop
          • CSS Styling Workbook
          • CSS Quickstart
          • CSS Workbook Conclusion
          • Lines
          • Points
          • Polygons
          • Rasters
          • Design
          • Style
          • Symbology
          • MBStyle Styling Workbook
          • MBStyle Workbook Conclusion
          • Lines
          • MBStyle Quickstart
          • Points
          • Polygons
          • Rasters
          • Workshop Setup
          • Course Data
          • Extension Install
          • YSLD Styling Workbook
          • YSLD Workbook Conclusion
          • Lines
          • Points
          • Polygons
          • Rasters
          • YSLD Quickstart
        • YSLD Styling
        • GeoServer Specific Extensions
        • YSLD Extension Installation
          • YSLD Cookbook
          • Lines
          • Points
          • Polygons
          • Rasters
          • YSLD reference
          • Feature Styles
          • Filters
          • Functions
          • Rules
          • Scale and zoom
          • Structure
          • Transforms
          • Define and reuse YAML Variables
            • Symbolizers
            • Line symbolizer
            • Point symbolizer
            • Polygon symbolizer
            • Raster symbolizer
            • Text symbolizer
              • Composite
              • Fill
              • Inclusion
              • Misc
              • Stroke
              • Symbol
      • Tutorials
      • Freemarker Templates
      • Serving Static Files
      • WMS Reflector
        • GetFeatureInfo Templates
        • GeoJSON output format
        • HTML output format
        • Raster GetFeatureInfo Response Customization
        • Running GeoServer in Cloud Foundry
        • CQL and ECQL
        • Using the GeoTools feature-pregeneralized module
        • GeoRSS
        • Using the ImageMosaic plugin with footprint management
        • Using the ImageMosaic plugin for raster with time and elevation data
        • Using the ImageMosaic plugin for raster time-series data
        • Building and using an image pyramid
        • geoserver on JBoss
        • INSPIRE metadata configuration using metadata and CSW
        • Paletted Images
        • Setting up a JNDI connection pool with Tomcat
      • Web administration interface
      • About GeoServer Page
      • Welcome

    Symbol

    Property Required? Description Default value
    geometry No Specifies which attribute to use as the geometry (see Geometry transformations in SLD) First geometry attribute found (usually named geom or the_geom)
    uom No Unit of measure used for width calculations (see Specifying symbolizer sizes in ground units) pixel
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