GeoNetwork OpenSource: Geographic data sharing for everyone

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GeoNetwork OpenSource:GeoNetwork OpenSource:

Geographic data sharing Geographic data sharing for everyonefor everyone

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GeoNetwork Main GoalsGeoNetwork Main Goals

• Provide a common platform and standards to manage geographic data

• Improve accessibility and sharing of a wide variety of geographic data at different scale and from multidisciplinary sources

• Increase collaboration between UN and other international organizations for collecting data and make them available to the internet community

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GeoNetwork’s short historyGeoNetwork’s short history

• Prototyping by FAO (2000-2001)

• Version 1 by FAO & WFP (released 2003)

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

• Version 2.1 by FAO & UNOCHA (Oct 2007)

• Version 3.0 in planning phase (2008)

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OGC Portal Reference Architecture

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Web Interface

Spatial Data Repository

GEONETWORK is an Internet Spatial Data Platform structured in three main modules

Infrastructure

MetadataCatalogue

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• Metadata and data publication and distribution

• Metadata and data search capabilities in distributed environment

• Interactive access to maps

• Administrative functions

• Metadata editing and management

• Different metadata standards

• Different sharing levels

GeoNetwork Main Functions

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• ISO TC211 Standards

• OGC Standards (Open Geospatial Consortium)

The Basic Building Blocks

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• Support for multiple metadata standards ISO19115:2003 FGDC Dublin Core

Metadata Standards

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Full support of the OGC Catalog Services for the Web (CSW 2.0.1 )

Standard Protocol for Catalog

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Metadata Harvesting and Synchronization

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GeoNetwork Installations around the World

• UN Organizations:• FAO, WFP, UNEP, WHO, OCHA, UNHCR

• Other:• CGIAR, ICIMOD, ESA, GMFS, JRC, FGDC

• Individual projects in Spain, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Australia, South Africa, …..

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Thanks

Patrizia Monteduro

Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations

Rome, 27 September 2007www.fao.org/geonetwork