Summary

We had a brief but complete introduction to spatial data and maps in this chapter. It was somewhat a theoretical chapter, but we promise you it was the first and last of this kind! From now on, we will run real stuff with GeoServer.

Specifically, you learned how an object is referenced to its location and which storage models you can use with spatial data (for example, vector versus raster) and, eventually, you learned to represent spatial features on a map.

You are now ready to pick up GeoServer, unpack, and install it on your computer.