Introduction to GeoNetwork, or how to setup an SDI in 3 hours

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GeoCat bvGeoCat bv

• Small company with employees in several locations (Spain, France, Netherlands)

• Founders and main contributors to the GeoNetwork OpenSource project

• We offer consultancy, support and customisation for GeoNetwork (and related like GeoServer, Mapserver, PostGIS), GeoCat Bridge for ArcGIS Desktop, WebMap applications, GeoCat Live

• Our customers are: • 25% Dutch (water authorities, TNO, KWR, Kadaster)• 50% European (France, Swiss, Belgium,

Scandinavian, UK)• 25% Global (US, Canada, Indonesia, FAO)

GeoNetwork OpenSourceGeoNetwork OpenSource

• GeoNetwork is a Metadata catalog• Used to store, manage en find metadata

for spatial datasets• GeoNetwork complies multiple standards• GeoNetwork has an Mapviewer to directly

combine located datasets• Using harvesting several Geonetwork

nodes can form a network. Harvesters can also be used to import metadata from WMS, Local file system, etc

• In a default install GeoServer is included

GeoNetwork opensourceDutch National Geo Registry

FAO GeoNetwork

SwissTopo geocat.ch

GeoNetwork history at a Glimpse

GeoNetwork history at a Glimpse

• Prototyping by FAO (2000-2001)

• Version 1 by FAO & WFP (released 2003)

• Version 2 by FAO, WFP & UNEP (released 2005)

• Version 2.1 (released September 2007)

• Version 2.2 (released April 2008)

• Version 2.4 (released July 2009)

• Version 2.6 (September 2010)

• Version 2.8 and 3.0 in progress (under development)

UsersUsers

•UN: FAO, WFP, UNEP, WHO, OCHA, UNHCR

•Other: CGIAR, ESA, GMFS, FGDC, JRC

•Numerous National, Regional and local geo portals

•ESA HMA, GEOSS related GEOportal project

National INSPIRE Catalogs in Europebased on

National INSPIRE Catalogs in Europebased on

The glue in aSpatial Data

Infrastructure

An interactive map library on the

Internet

Build on Standards, Standards, Standards,

Standards, Standards, ...

The Basic Building Blocks

•ISO TC211 Standards

•OGC Standards (Open Geospatial Consortium)

Standards•MetadataMetadata

• ISO19115:2003, ISO19119:2005, ISO19139:2007, FGDC, Dublin Core

•Catalog interfacesCatalog interfaces• OGC CSW 2.0 (client & server)

• Z39.50/ISO23950 (client & server)

• OAI-PMH (client & server)

• Geo-OpenSearch (server)

• GeoRSS (server)

• WebDAV (client)

•Web Mapping ClientWeb Mapping Client• WMS, WMTS, WFS, WMC

•Web Map Server (through GeoServer)Web Map Server (through GeoServer)• WMS, WFS, WFS-t, WCS, KML

CatalogInterfaces

Catalogue interoperability

•Full OGC Catalog v2.0 support (ISO profile) (Reference implementation for OGC)

•Open Archive Initiative support (OAI-MPH)

•RSS and GeoRSS newsfeeds

•OpenSearch with GEO extension

•Metadata harvesting & synchronization

Technologies● Java language (platform independent)

● Servlet environment (Tomcat, Jetty, ...)

● XML data representation (JDOM)

● XSL templates for presentation (XALAN)

● JDBC for database access (runs on any compliant DBMS)

● Lucene search capabilities

● XML Schema for metadata editing

● JavaScript

•Search in multiple catalogues through one website

•File download

•Data visualization through web map viewer

Users

•Standardized process to document and publish

•Online metadata editor

•Different metadata standards

•Different sharing / security levels

•File upload

Data Providers

•Easy to install

•Easy to maintain

•Groups and users management

•Harvesting management

•Migration support

•Active user and developer communities

Administrators

Some Screenshots

GeoNetwork

Search results

ISO19115:2003 with ISO19139:2007

encoding

Online editor

Harvesting

What’s new in 2.8What’s new in 2.8•Search statistics

•Improved Inspire support

•Thesaurus management

•Scheme profile support (plug-in)

•Use of Subversion for persistance

Download at https://github.com/geonetwork

WorkshopWorkshop

•Set up a Geonetwork Instance

•Configure and Add templates

•Set up harvesting

•Set up some services (Geoserver)