GeoServer 2.14.2 rolled out with accessible WMTS binding,improved style editor and more

Last week, GeoServer 2.14.2 was released., GeoServer is an open source software server based on Java, for sharing geospatial data. It allows users to display their spatial information to the world. It is free and can display data on popular mapping applications such as Google Earth, Google Maps, Microsoft Virtual Earth and Yahoo Maps.

Improvements in GeoServer 2.14.2

• In GeoServer 2.14.2, WMTS Restful binding is accessible to all users and works with workspace specific services which initially used to be limited to admins.
• gs:DownloadEstimator now returns a true value when estimating full raster downloads at native resolution.
• In GeoServer 2.14.2, KML ignores sortBy parameter while querying records.
• The NullPointerException is thrown while using env() function with LIKE operator in CSS filters.
• With this release, it’s possible to modify existing GWC blobstore via UI without renaming which was not possible initially.
• For GetLegendGraphic, this release allows expressions in ColorMapEntry labels.
• In this release, OpenLayers2 preview is not automatically triggered on IE8.
• New MongoDB extension has been added GeoServer 2.14.2.
• The style editor has been improved, it now includes side by side editing
• Nearest match support has been added for Web Map Service (WMS) dimension handling.

Major fixes

• Rendering issue with JAI-EXT and Input/Output TransparentColor options has been resolved.
• The Complex MongoDB generated properties are now handled in this release.

Check out the official blog post by GeoServer for full release notes.

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