Jeroen Ticheler eoNetwork pensource Director Founder and chair
Aug 08, 2015
Jeroen Ticheler
eoNetworkpensource
Director Founder and chair
Overview
• What is GeoNetwork?
• How is it developed?
• What is upcoming?
• Two examples of a National SDI implementation
• How can you use it?
• (hopefully :-)
What is
eoNetworkpensource
?
Software topublish data through
metadata
Started in 2000 at with initial support from:
Very comprehensive metadata editing and
management
With a focus on
Spatial data
Build on Standards, Standards, Standards, Standards, Standards, ...
The Basic Building Blocks
• ISO TC211 Standards
• OGC Standards (Open Geospatial Consortium)
Catalogue interoperability
• Support for INSPIRE
• 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
The glue in aSpatial Data Infrastructure
GeoNetwork opensource Dutch National Geo Registry
FAO GeoNetwork
SwissTopo geocat.ch
National INSPIRE Catalogs in Europebased on
How is it developed?
A Community Driven Project
Downloads
~700 on English user list160+ on French and 140+ on Spanish lists360+ on developer list50+ on committer list10+ active developers
Mailing lists
How do we collaborate?
How do we collaborate?
• Community driven governance
(proposal - discussion - voting - integration)
How do we collaborate?
• Community driven governance
(proposal - discussion - voting - integration)
• Skype, Conference calls and Face-to-face meetings
How do we collaborate?
• Community driven governance
(proposal - discussion - voting - integration)
• Skype, Conference calls and Face-to-face meetings
• Work is split up in small packages
How do we collaborate?
• Community driven governance
(proposal - discussion - voting - integration)
• Skype, Conference calls and Face-to-face meetings
• Work is split up in small packages
• Continuous contact between user and developer
How do we collaborate?
• Community driven governance
(proposal - discussion - voting - integration)
• Skype, Conference calls and Face-to-face meetings
• Work is split up in small packages
• Continuous contact between user and developer
• Commercial Support Contracts, Consulting, Development
What are the benefits
What are the benefits
• Support common requirements
What are the benefits
• Support common requirements
• Make testing and compliance easier
What are the benefits
• Support common requirements
• Make testing and compliance easier
• Share cost
What are the benefits
• Support common requirements
• Make testing and compliance easier
• Share cost
• Prevent vendor lock-in
What are the benefits
• Support common requirements
• Make testing and compliance easier
• Share cost
• Prevent vendor lock-in
• Fast innovation - we all participate
Sustainability through wide community support
http://www.osgeo.org/geonetwork
What is upcoming?
What are we up to?
What are we up to?
• A new version upcoming (end of the year)
What are we up to?
• A new version upcoming (end of the year)
• Lots of new functionality
What are we up to?
• A new version upcoming (end of the year)
• Lots of new functionality
• A redesigned Widgets based User Interface
What are we up to?
• A new version upcoming (end of the year)
• Lots of new functionality
• A redesigned Widgets based User Interface
• Metadata profile plugin support
Changing Architecture
Server and Client
End user GUI
Server
Editor GUI
Admin GUI
Until v2.6 From v2.8
Metadata Schema Plugin
Two examples of a National SDI implementation
Nationaal georegister.nl(Geonovum - The Netherlands)
What do they do?
• A central catalog at National level (Kadaster)
• Catalogs at other admin levels or specialized agencies (different technologies)
• User groups that directly edit content within nationaalgeoregister.nl
• Search in central catalog - display in local sites
Harvesting from other catalogs
Searching all content at National level
Integrated in other portals like data.overheid.nl
geocat.ch(SwissTopo - Swiss)
What do they do?
• A central catalog at National level (SwissTopo)
• Catalogs at Kanton level (different technologies)
• User groups that directly edit content within geocat.ch
• Search in central catalog - display in local sites
Harvesting from Kanton catalogs
Searching all content at National level
Integrate information in local websites using
the“Formatters extension”
How can you use it?
How can you use it?
• Software can be found at http://geonetwork-opensource.org
• Install and configure it on your server
• Customize the user interface
• Load the correct metadata profile plugin(s) you need (Warning: this is new, so your profile may not be developed yet)
Support by
• We are a core part of the developer community
• We try to merge most of what we develop for clients back into the GeoNetwork software.
• GeoCat offers consulting (system implementation, customization, software development, advice), training, workshops and support contracts
Improved metadata editor
Nationaal Georegistry v2Geonovum - The Netherlands
Draft