[Geoserver-users] Expand multiple Points on the same location for better visualization

Hi,

I am wondering if GeoServer has a solution for the following problem:

I have a point layer where there are in some cases two or more points on the same location. When zoomed in (Scale 1:5k) I want to show in a nice way, that there are more elements located on the same coordinate. Is there a possibility in GeoServer to render a map, where the point symbols are arranged around the coordinate regularly?

In addition I would like to know if there is a possibility to make prevent specific pointsymbols (e.g. the ones described above) to be overlapped by labels? By now I have used the “trick” of labelling a very small point in the same color as the point symbol. Is there a more “elegant” way?

Thanks in advance for your reply!

Regards,

Michael