Understanding GeoScript

The stated goal of the GeoScript project is to provide a geoprocessing library that is easy to use and available in a variety of scripting environments. It uses the same GeoTools library that GeoServer is built on, which means there is a wide range of things that can be accomplished with GeoScript:

  • Support for a range of spatial formats
  • The ability to render spatial data, including control over styling
  • Support for different projections and coordinate systems and the ability to reproject data
  • A wide range of geometry manipulation functions

GeoScript itself is a wrapper over the core GeoTools API, providing a layer of abstraction and making the power of the GeoTools library accessible to non-Java developers. GeoScript has its ...

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