[Qgis-user] Can Geoserver use the legends of a QGIS project like qgis server

[Znarf1965]

Hi Carlos,

I'm also new on those tech (I come from others) and I'm investigating on
them too.

This is what I've understood (but I could be wrong :) ). Geoserver is an
alternate option to QGis Server who has many advantages (performances,
stability, maturity, ecc...), but some disadvantages too (he does not get
your QGis project as is).
If you want to save some of your job on QGis themes, you should consider
exporting layer by layer on SLD format (Styled Layer Descriptor) and create
layer by layer your project inside Geoserver importing each of these LSD.
But the biggest issue you should consider is that QWC is a full functional
web app ready to use. If you want to use Geoserver, which is a great tech,
you should consider developing your front end by use of Openlayers (or may
be GeoExt, which is based on Openlayers and which has been used to build
QWC). This is of course an investment you should consider.

If you want to reduce your developing investment on frontends, you should
also consider Mapguide. In this case you save nothing from QGis projects (no
SLD), but you have a front end ready to use (more or less), both for desktop
and mobile. Mapguide Maestro will guide you on theming. That's only an
idea...

I've also read you want to use MySQL. Be aware that Postgres/PostGIS is much
better, more stable, more complete. MySQL has a very basic support of
spatial (Oracle is more interested in promoting Oracle Spatial, which is
great but expensive) and it seems suffering stability and performances
issues (on spatial).

About legend on Geoserver: you have GetLegendGraphics decoration attribute
to get your legend and use inside web app you will develop Abut printing on
Geoserver: no, you can't get printing configuration from QGis. If you will
build your web app by use of GeoExt (based on Openlayers) you can use API
that interact with MapFish printing module: in that case you should install
this module and create your printing config from scratch.


Best regards

Francesco




--
View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Can-Geoserver-use-the-legends-of-a-QGIS-project-like-qgis-server-tp5137088p5137094.html
Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.