- GeoNetwork opensource
Infobox_Software
name = GeoNetwork opensource
caption =
developer =FAO -UN,WFP ,UNEP andUNOCHA
latest_release_version = 2.1
latest_release_date =September 21 ,2007
operating_system =Linux , MS-Windows,Mac OS X ,POSIX compliant systems
programming language = Java
platform = Java,Apache Tomcat
genre =Geographic information system
license = GPL
website = http://geonetwork-opensource.orgThe GeoNetwork opensource project is a free and open source cataloging application for spatially referenced resources. It is a catalog of location-oriented information.
It is a standardized and decentralized spatial information management environment designed to enable access to geo-referenced databases, cartographic products and related
metadata from a variety of sources, enhancing the spatial information exchange and sharing between organizations and their audience, using the capacities of the internet. Using theZ39.50 protocol it both accesses remote catalogs and makes its data available to other catalog services. As of 2007,OGS Web Catalog Service are being implemented. [cite web
title =GeoNetwork opensource
publisher =GeoNetwork opensource
date =2007-04-17
url =http://geonetwork-opensource.org/software/geonetwork_opensource_desktop
accessdate =2007-12-06 ]Maps , including those derived fromsatellite imagery , are effective communicational tools and play an important role in the work of decision makers (e.g., sustainable development planners and humanitarian and emergency managers) in need of quick, reliable and up-to-date user-friendly cartographic products as a basis for action and to better plan and monitor their activities;GIS experts in need of exchanging consistent and updated geographical data; and spatial analysts in need of multidisciplinary data to perform preliminary geographical analysis and make reliable forecasts.The software has been deployed to various organizations, the first being FAO GeoNetwork and WFP VAM-SIE-GeoNetwork, both at their headquarters in
Rome ,Italy . Furthermore, theWHO ,CGIAR , [http://www.brgm.fr BRGM] ,ESA ,FGDC and the Global Change Information and Research Centre (GCIRC) of China are working on GeoNetwork opensource implementations as their spatial information management capacity.Several related tools are packaged with GeoNetwork, including
GeoServer . GeoServer stores geographical data, while GeoNetwork catalogs collections of such data.See also
*
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
*List of GIS software
*List of open source software packages
*Comparison of GIS software References
External links
* http://geonetwork-opensource.org/
* http://sourceforge.net/projects/geonetwork
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