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ArcGrid

Note

GeoServer does not come built-in with support for ArcGrid; it must be installed through an extension. Proceed to Installing the ArcGrid extension for installation details.

ArcGrid is a coverage file format created by ESRI.

Installing the ArcGrid extension

  1. Visit the website download page, locate your release, and download:

    Warning

    Ensure to match plugin (example 3.1.0 above) version to the version of the GeoServer instance.

  2. Extract the contents of the archive into the WEB-INF/lib directory of the GeoServer installation.

Adding an ArcGrid data store

Once the extension is properly installed ArcGrid will be an option in the Raster Data Sources list when creating a new data store.

ArcGrid in the list of raster data stores

Configuring a ArcGrid data store

Configuring an ArcGrid data store

Option Description
Workspace Name of the workspace to contain the ArcGrid coverage store. This will also be the prefix of the raster layers created from the store.
Data Source Name Name of the ArcGrid coverage store as it will be known to GeoServer. (This can be different from the filename. )
Description A full free-form description of the ArcGrid coverage store.
Enabled If checked, it enables the store. If unchecked (disabled), no data in the ArcGrid coverage store will be served from GeoServer.
URL Location of the ArcGrid file. This can be an absolute path (such as file:C:\Data\raster.asc) or a path relative to GeoServer's data directory (such as file:data/raster.asc).