Various software can style maps and generate a proper SLD document for OGC compliant WMS like GeoServer to use.

Several topics will be covered, providing examples in the various GeoServer styling languages, including:

• Mastering common symbolization, filtering, multi-scale styling
• Using GeoServer extensions to build common hatch patterns, line styling beyond the basics, such as cased lines, controlling symbols along a line and the way they repeat
• Leveraging TTF symbol fonts and SVGs to generate good looking point thematic maps
• Using the full power of GeoServer label lay-outing tools to build pleasant, informative maps on both point, polygon and line layers, including adding road plates around labels, leverage the labelling subsystem conflict resolution engine to avoid overlaps in stand alone point symbology
• Dynamically transform data during rendering to get more explicative maps without the need to pre-process a large amount of views.

The presentation aims to provide the attendees with enough information to master GeoServer styling documents and most of GeoServer extensions to generate appealing, informative, readable maps that can be quickly rendered on screen.