Adding base types

This section explain how to add some of the base data types into GeoServer. As an example we will learn how to insert a shapefile and GeoTIFF into GeoServer, as well as how to import a Shapefile into PostGIS and then publish it from there.

What you will learn

In this section you will:

• Adding a Shapefile
• Loading a Shapefile into Postgis
• Adding a Postgis layer
• Adding a GeoTiff
• Adding a WMS Cascade Layer
• Adding a WFS Cascade Layer
• Adding a SQL Parametric Views
• Adding an Image Mosaic
• Adding a GDAL Data Format