1.5. How data is managed
Geodata in Web GIS is managed with resource system. At the moment there are following types of resources:
Resources for managing local sources of geodata:
Raster layer (created to upload and store raster geodata)
Vector layer (created to upload and store vector geodata)
Resources for managing external sources of geodata:
PostGIS connection (created to connect to external PostGIS database)
PostGIS layer (created to connect to the specific table with geodata through existing PostGIS connection)
WMS connection (created to connect to an external WMS server)
WMS layer (created to connect to the specific raster layers through existing WMS connection)
TMS connection (created to connect to an external TMS server)
TMS layer (created to connect to the specific layers using an existing TMS connection)
OGC API Features (Third party software can use these services to edit vector data on server).
Resources for displaying and publishing geodata:
Style (special type of resource, created inside Raster layers, Vector layers and PostGIS layers to add them to Web map or publish using WMS protocol)
Web map (created to display Raster layers, Vector layers, PostGIS layers and WMS layers on the map through built-in web client)
WFS service (created to publish Vector layers and PostGIS layers using WFS protocol)
WMS service (created to publish Raster layers, Vector layers, PostGIS layers and WMS layers using WMS protocol)
Resources for geodata storage management:
Resource group (created to provide folderlike data structure)