EWX

Adding a "style" to the EWX GeoServer

Styles modify the maps being displayed by the EWX server. The GeoServer v.2.1.1 uses the Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) markup language to do this. An intro to SLD can be found at:

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The styles are locate is this directory:

C:\EWX\geoserver-2.1.1\data_dir\styles

They consist of a .sld and a .xml file. The xml file is generated by the GeoServer upon submission of the sld file. A new SLD style file has to be submitted through the GeoServer admin interface located at:

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Log in as admin after you have received the password from Marty. Then click the "styles" link in the left hand pane and then click on "Add a new style". You can then copy and paste your SLD content into the editing window and use the "Validate" button to validate the markup code. You have to click the "Submit" button for the GeoServer to create the xml and sld files in the styles directory. You can then use the name you entered in the "Name" box in the datasets.xml file to connect a dataset to the new style. The datasets.xml file is located at:

C:\EWX\geoserver-2.1.1\data_dir\updater

The name is entered as the style attribute to the statistic tag of the dataset tag.