GeoServer
Submitted by Christine Bush
for EarthSatelliteMaps.com
Justin Lokitz has written a buzz-generating article called Integrating Oracle Spatial with Google Earth. The article introduces GeoServer, an open source Java-based application that facilitates the transfer of existing geospatial data to web services like Google Earth, Virtual Earth, Yahoo Maps, GeoRSS and others.
One point to note that the article doesn’t address is the fact that GeoServer defaults on installation to port 8080. If you already have Oracle XE installed the GeoServer initialization will fail because Oracle XE also uses port 8080. There is a workaround: uninstall Oracle XE before installing GeoServer. Install the Java 1.4 SDK as directed (and as of this writing it does need to be 1.4, not the latest 1.x), install GeoServer, start GeoServer. With GeoServer running, and port 8080 in use, reinstall Oracle XE and you will prompted for a different port number for it to use: problem solved.
