[Geoserver-users] SLD styling in production environment

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Dear list,

I need start working on with a bunch of styling with different layers. Knowing Geoserver, alternatives are either SLD or CSS. Could someone more experienced please enlighten me, what might be the most efficient way of producing SLD styles when number of styled layers is high?

Should I start learning CSS and go with that?

Should I produce SLD styles with QGIS and then repair their mismatches which are caused by version conflict? Or just start writing them in Geoserver panel? Use Udig that can produce SLD 1.0.0 as I’ve heard?

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,

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Hi,

to me YSLD (extension) offers more readability.

Have a look at it.

To me Geoserver SLD style editor is the best tool since you don't start from
scratch : if you have a polygon layer, start with the predifined polygon sld
and modify it.

I didn't work very much with it but there's also an independent sld editor :

https://github.com/robward-scisys/sldeditor/releases

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Depending on how you like styling things, if you like clicking a mouse you may find SLDEditor is worth installing but if you prefer a more “code” based approach then I would use the SLD editor in GeoServer. Unless you already know CSS (and like it) I would steer clear of it.

But this is mostly my prejudices showing (and my RSI from too much mouse work playing up).

Ian

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Hello All,

I use Udig for sophisticated stylings, like layers with categorized symbologies and labeling something QGIS does not do very well.
I then import the SLD in Geoserver.

Best
Amelia

On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 5:30 PM Ian Turton <ijturton@anonymised.com> wrote:

Depending on how you like styling things, if you like clicking a mouse you may find SLDEditor is worth installing but if you prefer a more “code” based approach then I would use the SLD editor in GeoServer. Unless you already know CSS (and like it) I would steer clear of it.

But this is mostly my prejudices showing (and my RSI from too much mouse work playing up).

Ian

On Wed, 7 Nov 2018 at 13:44, Ville Koivisto <ville.koivisto@anonymised.com8968…> wrote:

Dear list,

I need start working on with a bunch of styling with different layers. Knowing Geoserver, alternatives are either SLD or CSS. Could someone more experienced please enlighten me, what might be the most efficient way of producing SLD styles when number of styled layers is high?

Should I start learning CSS and go with that?

Should I produce SLD styles with QGIS and then repair their mismatches which are caused by version conflict? Or just start writing them in Geoserver panel? Use Udig that can produce SLD 1.0.0 as I’ve heard?

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,

Ville Koivisto

+35840 701 4283

GIS Expert

Suomen kuntotekniikka Oy

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Dear VIlle,
if you have experience in GeoServer and plan to stick with it, my suggestion is CSS; while it is geoserver specific it is much more compact than SLD and mostly equivalent.
The geoserver editor has also been improved lately to be more user friendly.

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On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 2:41 PM Ville Koivisto <ville.koivisto@anonymised.com> wrote:

Dear list,

I need start working on with a bunch of styling with different layers. Knowing Geoserver, alternatives are either SLD or CSS. Could someone more experienced please enlighten me, what might be the most efficient way of producing SLD styles when number of styled layers is high?

Should I start learning CSS and go with that?

Should I produce SLD styles with QGIS and then repair their mismatches which are caused by version conflict? Or just start writing them in Geoserver panel? Use Udig that can produce SLD 1.0.0 as I’ve heard?

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,

Ville Koivisto

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Le 07/11/2018 à 16:27, Olyster a écrit :

to me YSLD (extension) offers more readability.

I also work with YSLD.
It's main advantage is that it is a 1-1 replacement for SLD, but way more compact and readable (and writable, since I write all the styles manually in a text editor).
You can convert YSLD to SLD and vice-versa via the REST interface. Very useful.
The problem is that the documentation is a bit harder to search thant the SLD documentation. Google indexing of the YSLD doc is not very good, and many examples that used to exist in YSLD are now in CSS.

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That’s harsh :wink:
What did I do so bad in CSS that people are better staying away from it?

Cheers
Andrea

Il giorno mer 7 nov 2018, 15:37 Ian Turton <ijturton@anonymised.com…> ha scritto:

Depending on how you like styling things, if you like clicking a mouse you may find SLDEditor is worth installing but if you prefer a more “code” based approach then I would use the SLD editor in GeoServer. Unless you already know CSS (and like it) I would steer clear of it.

But this is mostly my prejudices showing (and my RSI from too much mouse work playing up).

Ian

On Wed, 7 Nov 2018 at 13:44, Ville Koivisto <ville.koivisto@anonymised.com> wrote:

Dear list,

I need start working on with a bunch of styling with different layers. Knowing Geoserver, alternatives are either SLD or CSS. Could someone more experienced please enlighten me, what might be the most efficient way of producing SLD styles when number of styled layers is high?

Should I start learning CSS and go with that?

Should I produce SLD styles with QGIS and then repair their mismatches which are caused by version conflict? Or just start writing them in Geoserver panel? Use Udig that can produce SLD 1.0.0 as I’ve heard?

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,

Ville Koivisto

+35840 701 4283

GIS Expert

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