Building Enterprise SDI with Geonode
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GeoNode is an open source platform for developing spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) that aims to make uploading, sharing, and working with geospatial data as easy as blogging. It provides tools for publishing, styling, and mapping data; generating metadata; allowing federated searches across datasets; and including social features to encourage participation and ensure data quality. The software is being developed through a partnership between OpenGeo and organizations like the World Bank to support disaster risk reduction efforts and build an open geospatial web.
Building Enterprise SDI with Geonode
- 1. 1 Building Enterprise SDI With Gabriel Roldán OpenGeo
- 2. 2 Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)
- 3. 3 “…the sources, systems, network linkages, standards, and institutional issues involved in delivering spatially-related data from many different sources to the widest possible group of potential users at affordable costs.” – Groot & McLaughlin 2000 Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)
- 4. 4 The theory of SDI developed before we learned what was possible with the Internet
- 5. 5 ...what an ideal SDI would be like Imagine...
- 6. 6 ...an SDI that makes uploading, sharing, and working with data as easy as blogging Imagine...
- 7. 7 Publishing data Anthony has some spatial data and wants to display it as part of a blog post.
- 8. 8 Publishing data Anthony uploads it to a public SDI, styles it, provides a background, and then puts a map widget on his blog.
- 9. 9 Publishing data Meanwhile, the data, style, and map remain available on the public SDI for others to use.
- 10. 10 Metadata and reputation The World Organization tells Cameron, their consultant, to put data she has gathered on their SDI.
- 11. 11 Metadata and reputation Other users notice mistakes in the metadata. They notify Cameron and give it a low rating.
- 12. 12 Metadata and reputation Cameron fixes the mistakes, and the other users rate the data more highly. Her reputation on the SDI improves.
- 13. 13 Federated search A regional Health agency and a regional Transit agency have separate SDI systems.
- 14. 14 Federated search Phillip, a GIS analyst doing research, seeks out correlations between health and bicycle routes
- 15. 15 Federated search Phillip searches for data in a single federated index and downloads the data as a batch.
- 16. 16 Vision
- 17. 17 Theory
- 18. 18 How do you make an SDI that's as compelling as modern, widely-used web services?
- 19. 19 Make an SDI using the best practices of these web services and projects
- 20. 20 General Principles ● Grow Bottom Up ● Align Incentives through Openness ● Build it for Casual Users
- 21. 21 Grow Bottom-Up Reduce barriers to participation as much as possible. Provide tools for expanding on what's already there.
- 22. 22 Grow Bottom-Up Start with data. Let users work with it. Generate metadata as needed.
- 23. 23 Align Incentives... Align incentives for contribution and use. Growth should be natural, not forced.
- 24. 24 Align Incentives... ● Reward data providers for good contributions ● Encourage users to contribute back ● Make value of service transparent to system providers
- 25. 25 ... through Openness ● Give users a reason to participate in the system ● Reward collaboration with recognition and harvest the results ● Make as much information transparent for others to use as possible
- 26. 26 Build it for Casual Users Using Spatial Data Infrastructure should not require expertise
- 27. 27 Build it for Casual Users Reading documentation is too much work. The burden is on the system developers to make it intuitive to use.
- 28. 28 Vision Theory
- 29. 29 Context
- 30. 30 is a new software project to build this SDI
- 31. 31 Founders Want GeoNode for disaster reduction ● Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and World Bank ● UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
- 32. 32 Builders ● Not-for-profit social enterprise ● Builds and supports open source geospatial software ● Aims to build the Open Geospatial Web
- 33. 33 GeoNode is open source.
- 34. 34 Through this partnership We have recently released GeoNode 1.0
- 37. 37 Give a reason to participate A major problem with SDI is that people lack incentives to use it
- 38. 38 Problems with Portals ● No benefit to registering ● Few real users ● No recognition or reward for the effort ● Uses stick, not carrot
- 39. 39 GISGIS SDI
- 40. 40 GISGIS SDI
- 41. 41 Embed SDI in the real work of GIS practitioners, and it will have more impact.
- 42. 42 ● Provides styling and cartography tools ● Users can use the tools on data they upload ● GeoNode provides a reason to participate
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- 44. 44 ● Map composer makes Maps ● Maps are an important content type ● They bind together ecosystem of geospatial content
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- 47. 47 Maps, Data and Users form an web to be browsed
- 48. 48 Users Have Identity ● People fill out user profiles to establish identity on the web ● Profiles are also useful data
- 49. 49 Meanwhile, Metadata Pain Good metadata for geospatial data is important but hard to produce.
- 50. 50 ● GeoNode has user profiles and features them prominently ● Those profiles have ISO metadata fields within them
- 52. 52 Metadata Published Metadata is published with open standard CSW using GeoNetwork
- 53. 53 Open standards and API's
- 54. 54 ● Data published by GeoServer in OGC Services: WMS, WFS, WCS ● Metadata published by GeoNetwork in CSW
- 56. 56 We use open standards for data access. GeoNode also has open APIs
- 58. 58 ● GeoNode's components interact through clean API's ● Others can build apps around GeoNode ● Or swap out components (Drupal...?)
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- 61. 61 Let Users Control Content
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- 64. 64 ● Content owners control access with easy user interface ● Data security extends to OGC services
- 65. 65 All these features are included in the current 1.0 release candidate.
- 67. 67 Future
- 68. 68 We have even more ambitious plans for GeoNode moving forward
- 69. 69 The partnership investing in GeoNode is growing The roadmap expands with the vision and needs of its partners
- 70. 70 Use the Social Network
- 71. 71 The Social for Search
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- 76. 76 ● Record statistics on usage ● Let users comment on and rate content ● Use that information to improve search results
- 77. 77 The Social for Quality
- 78. 78 ● Ratings affect user reputation ● Will encourage quality content on SDI
- 79. 79 Groups Matter
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- 81. 81 Organizations will have a presence Allows organizational endorsement of data
- 82. 82 There are also features specific to Spatial Data Infrastructure on our roadmap SDI Features
- 83. 83 Editing
- 84. 84 Federation
- 86. 86 What's it made of?
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- 89. 89 What about INSPIRE? ● GeoServer needs WMS 1.3 to meet INSPIRE standards ● OpenGeo is currently starting its development ● It is coming soon
- 90. 90 Open Data Skepticism Isn't GeoNode an open data platform? Doesn't open data raise concerns about data quality and data security?
- 91. 91 Open Data Optimism Yes, GeoNode is designed to promote open data.
- 92. 92 Open Data Optimism Features like User reputation Organizational endorsement Flexible security address data quality concerns
- 93. 93 Open Data Optimism GeoNode supports the continuum of openness with a common platform for institutional GIS and neogeography
- 94. 94 What about Features X,Y, Z? We welcome your investment in new GeoNode features and involvement in the developer community.
- 96. 96 How to Try It Play with the live public demo at http://demo.geonode.org (Warning: Unstable)
- 97. 97 How to Install It ● Follow instructions in README at http://github.com/geonode/geonode ● Email questions to mailing list geonode@librelist.com ● Talk to developers in Freenode's #geonode IRC channel
- 98. 98 Tell us about your experience geonode@librelist.com Your comments will help us Improve it
- 99. 99 If you want to use GeoNode in production you may want professional quality support How to Buy It
- 100. 100 Contact OpenGeo at inquiry@opengeo.org Or visit our booth How to Buy It
- 101. 101 Is GeoNode perfect for you except that it needs one more feature? How to Invest In It
- 102. 102 Contact OpenGeo at inquiry@opengeo.org Or visit our booth How to Invest in It
- 103. 103 How to Join It • Contributing Organizations: OpenGeo, World Bank, Civic Works • We hope others will join the developer community • Patches welcome • Community growth a priority
- 104. 104 Developer Community • Join Us! • Email geonode@librelist.com to join the mailing list • IRC: freenode#geonode • See the issue tracker at – http://projects.opengeo.org/CAPRA
- 105. 105 Any questions?