FOSS4G NA 2024

OGC APIs, an introduction with GeoServer
09-09, 09:00–12:00 (America/Chicago), Anheuser-Busch

This workshop introduces OGC APIs, their story, objectives and structure, with practical examples from the GeoServer implementation. Join this workshop to get an update on the APIs, learn the current implementation progress, and discover some GeoServer unique features too.


GeoServer is a web service for publishing your geospatial data using industry standards for vector, raster and mapping. It powers a number of open source projects like GeoNode and geOrchestra and it is widely used throughout the world by organizations to manage and disseminate data at scale.

This workshop will get your started with OGC APIs, and their implementation in GeoServer, covering:

  • An introduction to the common concepts in OGC APIs
  • The landing page of a service
  • The OpenAPI definition of a service
  • OGC API Features, the schemaless, vector data access service
  • OGC API Styles, or how to access styles and eventually apply them client side
  • OGC API Tiles, or how to get tiled data and images
  • OGC API Map, or how to get maps in a given area and projection
  • OGC API Coverages, downloading raw raster data

GeoSolutions will make available an all-in-one package to run the workshop as a VM for VirtualBox or a self-contained Zip file for Windows. This should be pre-installed on attendees' laptops before the workshop.