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Everything about Styled Layer Descriptor
XML schema describing layers on maps
In cartography, a Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) is an XML schema specified by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) for describing the appearance of map layers. It is capable of describing the rendering of vector and raster data. A typical use of SLDs is to instruct a Web Map Service (WMS) how to render a specific layer. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Styled Layer DescriptorA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Web Portrayal ServicesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Towards Better WMS Maps Through the Use of the Styled Layer Descriptor and Cartographic Conflict Resolution for Linear FeaturesCited 6 times
- Go sideways: Web Map ServiceA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Open Geospatial ConsortiumA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Web Portrayal ServicesC. Andrae, C. Graul · 2011
Intelligent Information and Database SystemsAli Selamat · 2013
The A/UX handbookJan L. Harrington · 1989
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