WarViews: Powered by GeoServer, OpenLayers and Google Earth
Though I admit the name made me a bit scared, Andrea Aime pointed out a really nice use of some of our favorite platforms in the ‘WarViews’ project. No, it’s not some geolocated remote missile camera, it’s a project by the International Conflict Research (IRC) group at a Swiss university that attempts to show more clearly the link between geography and conflict.
It complies several GIS datasets of conflict, and shows them on a static map built with OpenLayers, as well as a really nice use of GeoServer’s Google Earth time support to demonstrate the events over time. I just wanted to point out their great work to everyone, go and have a play with what they’ve built. It does a great job of showing how you get multiple output options with GeoServer, and can point users to appropriate clients that take advantage of different features. If another researcher wanted the actual GIS data they could easily point at the WFS and get the raw GML or Shapefiles of the data.
Tutorials
- GeoServer Installation and Upgrade Guide on Windows
- Mastering WFS Transactions in GeoServer
- Powerful SLD Styles & Filters in GeoServer
- Using Logical Operators in GeoServer Filters
- Exploring CQL/ECQL Filtering in GeoServer
- Using Spatial Operators in GeoServer Filters
- Using Value Comparison Operators in GeoServer Filters
- Using Binary Comparison Operators in GeoServer Filters
- Utilizing the Demo Section in Geoserver
- How to Implement Basic Security in Geoserver