To publish a WCS service via GeoServer: - Add a new store and select an appropriate data store like "GeoTIFF" for raster data in GeoTIFF format. - Enter necessary connection details for your data source and save. To test the WCS service: - Open a new browser tab and visit the WCS endpoint URL (e.g., localhost:8080/geoserver//wcs?). - Replace with your created workspace's name. You should see an XML response describing the available coverages and operations of the WCS service.
To install GDAL plugin for GeoServer on Windows: 1. Ensure GeoServer is running. 2. Download compatible GDAL extension package from GeoServer website and extract to a temporary location. 3. Copy .jar files from the extracted folder to GeoServer's WEB-INF/lib folder. 4. Install GDAL package for Windows from official website, set system environment variables for GDAL and Java bindings. 5. Restart GeoServer. 6. Now you'll see all available raster formats from the Stores section.
