GeoNetwork

The advancements in geospatial data formats, types, and their inherent capabilities have meant that users were now able to perform even more complex tasks and do so in a more efficient and elegant way. However, with such advancements, came the requirement of more intricate storage and organizing infrastructures. GeoNetwork was developed in order to address such requirements, and it will provide users with the means to achieve and maintain a spatial data catalogue system, in order to attain better data infrastructures.

The package is deployed as a web-based application, which can be initialized in different ways, as there are several shell scripts provided. Having initialized the catalog module, users will then be able to access the app’s main functionality from any browser.

Aside from the main display and visualizer tools that are offered, users will be able to also edit the metadata of their database entries, perform complex searches and visualize the relationships between objects.

GeoNetwork comes equipped with a map module, which will allow one to quickly and efficiently visualize the database entries, on a variety of layers and thematic maps, which can be easily toggled.

Users have a high degree of flexibility in terms of editing and adding new content, and several items can be added, such as individual datasets, database features, map layers, services, and much more.

This application offers a reliable and consistent solution for creating, editing and managing a spatially-referenced objects’ database, and comes packed with loads of useful features, being deployed as a web-based application.