Have you looked at the users guide http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTDOC/Home
Of course,tiles/pyramids are possible, read section 8 for image handling. You can store them file based or in a jdbc database, look here for an example tutorial for the jdbc approach http://docs.geoserver.org/1.7.x/en/user/tutorials/imagemosaic-jdbc/imagemosa ic-jdbc_tutorial.html File based approach: http://docs.geoserver.org/1.7.x/en/user/tutorials/image_mosaic_plugin/imagem osaic.html You can display vector data using WMS with geoserver. If you really need the geometries on the client for user interactivity, you can download/convert them in many formats (GML is only a possibility, you can choose the WKB format which offers you vector data encoded at binary level, very good performance). What exactly do you want to do with vector data ? swebb99 writes: > > Hi, > > I'm investigation Java platforms to use for a GIS application. I have had a > read through the GeoTools user documentation but I'm struggling to resolve > a few questions and I was wondering if people with more knowledge of the > APIs could give me a heads up or point me in the general direction for > answers. > > I am looking for a platform that provides a per-formant GIS when displaying > raster maps, similar in speed to some like google maps. I'm interested in > using GeoServer as a backend WMS system and would like to use some form of > image tiling similar to web based GIS apps so that tiles can be loaded as > required when the user drags the map around. I've looked at some of the > examples but they they appear to request one image from the server. Is > tiling possible, I can't seem to find any information about it. > > I am also looking to display vector based information such as OS MasterMap > layer. I notice that GeoTools supports GML but it isn't clear to me how this > is obtained from a server. Again the user will need to easily drag the map > around at a reasonable zoom level. > > Finally icons are required to be displayed on the map and move when the map > is dragged. > > I'm sorry if I'm asking some basic questions here but I was struggling to > find the information in the user guide. > > Thanks > > Steve > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/GeoTools-Questions-tp4663110p4663110.html > Sent from the geotools-gt2-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Geotools-gt2-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Geotools-gt2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users
