Here's another idea. Load the datasets into PostGIS tables, then use a SQL
View based on a SELECT statement with the name of the table to read from
being a parameter. You can then supply the parameter on a per-request
basis.
As Andrea pointed out, for this to work the tables will need to have
identical schemas.
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 3:54 AM, André Matos <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am new to geoserver and I need some orientation from you.
>
> I need to develop a dynamic store providing features to geoserver and
> represent generated images on a map. To achieve this I will use
> geotools to develop the store and the store will be installed on
> geoserver. I already have an approach to do this, but I don't know if
> it is the best approach to take...
>
> The store is dynamic because I don't know which layers will exist. The
> layers and the data, for each layer, will be uploaded by a user. For
> example, a user will upload a shapefile, and then will be able to
> visualize the information on a map, without configure anything on
> geoserver. I would like to receive somewhere as a parameter the
> shapefile name to open, for example.
>
> As far as I know geoserver, the layer to display must be defined
> statically, i. e. the geotools store returns which shapefiles exists,
> and in geoserver world the feature source will be mapped to a layer.
> But, this mapping must be defined administratively, choosing the store
> and the layer in geoserver.
>
> To achieve this, I find out that I can develop a data store that
> returns a single feature source, publish it as a layer in geoserver
> and then select the shapefile using the cql_filter parameter along
> with the filters for data...
>
> I know that geoserver works a little different and that's why need
> your orientation.
> Do you have any sugestions?
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Best Regards,
> André Matos
>
>
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