2026-09-01 –, Ran2
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.
Never before has such a vast and diverse collection of satellite imagery been available to both organizations and the general public. With missions such as Landsat 8 and Sentinel, the rapid growth of CubeSats, and the open availability of global datasets through programs like the European Copernicus initiative—alongside data captured by drones—we are now experiencing an unprecedented influx of Earth observation data.
Effectively managing, discovering, and visualizing this volume of imagery presents significant challenges. This presentation explores how GeoServer addresses these challenges through real-world use cases, including:
- Indexing and discovery of imagery using OpenSearch for EO and STAC protocols
- Efficient and cost-effective management of large datasets with Cloud Optimized GeoTIFFs (COGs)
- Visualization of image mosaics and creation of composites with flexible filtering and stacking strategies (e.g., most recent, least cloudy, or custom ordering)
- Extraction of imagery at varying scales using WCS and WPS protocols
- Generation and visualization of time-based animations over selected periods
- Execution of band algebra operations using Jiffle
Join this session for an overview of the latest GeoServer capabilities in the Earth Observation domain.
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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.
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Simone Giannecchini is the founder and managing director of GeoSolutions. He is a Charter Member of OSGeo, the Open Source Geospatial foundation. He is also a member of the Steering committee for the GeoTools as well as the GeoServer Open Source projects.
Before founding GeoSolutions he has worked as Software Engineer at the NATO Undersea Research Center, a Military R&D facility based in La Spezia (Italy), on the implementation of a client-server infrastructure capable of storing, managing and disseminating geospatial data (vector, gridded, imagery) leveraging on WCS, WFS and WMS Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Specifications.