Re: [Geoserver-users] KML geoserver layer

[Andrea A. <and...@ge...>]

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 2:21 AM, Jair Santos <jsa...@gm...> wrote:

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> Hello all,
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> I know that this is an openlayer code but my question is about Geoserver.
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> When I create a tile layer I pass the geoserver url like
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> var wmsSourcePzones = new ol.source.TileWMS({
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>     url: 'http://192.168.1.113:8080/geoserver/wms',
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>     params: { 'LAYERS': 'pzones' },
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>     serverType: 'geoserver'
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>     });
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> What would be the geoserver reference (url) when I create a KML layer?
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The URL is the same, it's just a different &format parameter value.
However... KML out of WMS is not exactly the best format
for tiling, you should look at superoverlays instead:
http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/googleearth/features/kmlsuperoverlays.html


> When I click the preview layer in the geoserver admin I am basically
> downloading a .KML file.  Where is it located in geoserver? Moreover, the
> data is in postgis, so how the KML will be available to the client program?
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The KML file is generated on the fly from your data and default style for
that layer

Cheers
Andrea

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