Andrea Aime

Open source enthusiast with strong experience in Java development and GIS. Personal interest range from high performance software, managing large data volumes, software testing and quality, spatial data analysis algorithms, map rendering.
Full time open source developer on GeoServer and GeoTools, regular presenter at F0SS4G.
Received the Sol Katz's OSGeo award in 2017.


Sessions

09-01
13:00
30min
OGC APIs with GeoServer 3: implementation, avaialbility and next steps
Andrea Aime

Overview of OGC APIs implementation in GeoServer. OGC APIs offer a modern, modular, RESTful geospatial services using JSON and extensible building blocks.

Conference Management Room1
09-01
14:00
30min
GeoServer 3 complete - final update
Andrea Aime, Jody Garnett

GeoServer 3 completes a long-planned modernization effort updating core dependencies while preserving backwards compatibility. This talk revisits the transition, outlines how it was organized and delivered, shares lessons learned and future directions.

Conference Management Room1
09-01
15:30
30min
GeoServer 3 tour
Andrea Aime

A practical tour of GeoServer 3 covering upgrade steps, new requirements, refreshed UI, and updated module structure. Learn what’s changed, what remains familiar, and how to transition from GeoServer 2.x efficiently, with a focus on real-world adoption and getting up to speed quickly.

Ran2
09-01
16:30
30min
Lessons from Running GeoServer at Scale
Andrea Aime

This talk presents a practical playbook for taking GeoServer to production, covering performance tuning, data preparation, caching strategies, and operational controls. Drawing from real enterprise deployments at GeoSolutions, including GeoServer Cloud, it provides actionable guidance to build stable, scalable, and high-performance geospatial services.

Ran2
09-01
17:30
30min
Serving earth observation data with GeoServer: addressing real world requirements
Andrea Aime, Simone Giannecchini

This presentation demonstrates how GeoServer enables efficient management, discovery, and visualization of large Earth observation datasets. Through real-world examples, it covers indexing (STAC/OpenSearch), Cloud Optimized GeoTIFFs, mosaicking and filtering, data extraction (WCS/WPS), time-based animations, and band algebra, highlighting GeoServer’s latest capabilities in satellite imagery workflows.

Ran2
09-02
13:00
30min
Mastering Security with GeoServer, GeoFence, and OpenID
Andrea Aime

This presentation introduces GeoServer’s authentication and authorization subsystems, covering supported protocols, identity providers, and integration strategies. It explores combining mechanisms into a unified framework, custom plugins, and proxy-based solutions. It concludes with GeoFence, highlighting advanced rule-based access control, fine-grained data security, and flexible integration options.

Conference Management Room1
09-02
14:30
30min
Vector tiles and GeoServer: dynamic vector tiles server, XYZ services, and base maps
Andrea Aime

An in-depth look at GeoServer’s support for Mapbox Vector Tiles, covering recent enhancements, flexible styling mechanisms, and performance optimization techniques such as feature consolidation. The session demonstrates generating high-quality, multi-projection base maps using OpenMapTiles and Planetiler, offering practical guidance for scalable, production-ready vector tile workflows.

Ran1
09-03
11:00
30min
Operating Maritime AIS at Enterprise Scale with GeoServer
Andrea Aime, Nuno Oliveira

This presentation describes a cloud-based approach to managing large-scale maritime data, enabling near real-time visualization alongside historical analysis. It highlights challenges in handling high data volumes, ensuring performance, and controlling access, while supporting efficient and scalable geospatial data publication.

Dahlia2
09-03
14:30
30min
Supporting precision farming with GeoServer: past experiences and way forward
Andrea Aime, Simone Giannecchini

This presentation highlights how GeoSolutions leverages cloud infrastructure and geospatial technologies to enable precision farming at scale. Drawing on 10 years of experience, it covers data ingestion, optimization, modeling, and GeoServer deployment strategies, along with real-time visualization techniques for designing scalable, high-performance agricultural data solutions.

Dahlia2