GeoREST is a web-centric framework for distributing geospatial data. It allows RESTful feature-based access to spatial data sources, including full editing capabilities, through a MapGuide server or directly via FDO.

Examples of data sources:

• SHP
• SDF
• SQLite (FDO)
• PostGIS
• Oracle Spatial
• Microsoft SQL Server Spatial
• MySQL
• Any other FDO vector data source

Example output formats:

• GeoJSON
• XML
• PNG (MapGuide layers only)
• HTML (Template)
• KML (Template)
• GeoRSS (Template)
• CSV (Template)
• Any other templatable text-based format

Getting Started:

• Download
• Installation notes

External resources discussing GeoREST:

• Dzenana Muracevic Dissertation "Metoda integracije geoprostornih podataka sa poslovnim inteligentnim sistemima bazirana na servis orijentiranoj arhitekturi“
• Jason's initial announcement of the City of Nanaimo's public GeoREST implementation
• Jason's blog post and slide deck discussing the benefits and genuine need for resource-based geodata on the web.
• Geoff Zeiss' presentation from FOSS4G2009 An Open Architecture for RESTful Geospatial Web Services

GeoREST would not be possible without many underlying open source libraries, including:

• MapGuide : an OSGeo web mapping project
• FDO : an OSGeo spatial data access library
• POCO : next generation c++ class libraries for network-centric applications
• CTemplate : a simple but powerful template language for C++
• libkml : an implementation of the OGC KML 2.2 standard

Other external resources on RESTful GIS:

• Geo-Web-REST mailing list, lots of smart folks on here...
• Sean Gillies is a strong advocate and watchdog for RESTful geo
• FeatureServer, a Python-based RESTful geodata engine
• GeoServer's REST configuration extension, a method for configuring GeoServer RESTfully
• ESRI's ArcGIS Server REST API docs
• PostGIS RESTful Web Service Framework