Publishing Shape Data

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SuperMap iServer supports directly publishing Shape data file as data service or map service, such as: REST Data Service, REST Map Service, WFS Service, WMS Service, WCS Service.

Publishing Shape file as data service

You can quickly publish shape data as data service by the following steps:

  1. In service management Home, click Quickly publish services, choose Shape Directory as data source, click Next.
  2. In the Shape Directory, input the directory where the shape data locates, such as: E:\data\shp. Then select the File Charset for the Shape data. Click Next.
  3. Select the service type to be published as data services, such as REST Data Servicee, click Next.
  4. Check whether to open the editable function for the data service being published. Default is uneditable.
  5. The service configuration information will be listed on the page, including data source, service type, click Finish to finish the publishing flow.
  6. After finishing the publishing flow, it will show the name and link of the current service,  which can be accessed directly.

Publishing Shape file as map service

You can quickly publish shape data as map service by the following steps:

  1. In service management Home, click Quickly publish services, choose Shape Directory as data source, click Next.
  2. In the Shape Directory, input the directory where the shape data locates, such as: E:\data\shp. Then select the File Charset for the Shape data. Click Next.
  3. Select the service type to be published as map services, such as REST Map Service, click Next.
  4. Specify a Mapbox style file for maps, such as: E:\SuperMapiServer\style\style.json. If not set, iServer will use the defaultstyle.json file in [SuperMapiServer installation directory] \webapps\iserver\WEB-INF\config\mapboxstyles\ directory. Click Next.
  5. The service configuration information will be listed on the page, including data source, service type, click Finish to finish the publishing flow.
  6. After finishing the publishing flow, it will show the name and link of the current service,  which can be accessed directly.