[OSGeo-Discuss] help with catalog of OGC services

[John Callahan]

Thanks Bob.  I do know of GeoMoose and like what it can do.  However, in
this case I'm not looking for a map-based interface but rather a catalog of
my existing services.  Something that can read the GetCap information for
each service and make that available to a CSW client and/or through a web
interface listing.

- John

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John Callahan, Research Scientist
Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware
URL: http://www.dgs.udel.edu
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On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Bob Basques <Bob.Basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us>wrote:

>  John,
>
>  GeoMoose operates against data sources similarly to your descriptions.
>  Each data source has it's own MapFile control for the MapServer engine, and
> you can also let GeoMoose access the WMS services directly if you wish.
>  This makes the addition of new layers very easy in the configuration of the
> GeoMoose catalog (MAPBOOK)
>
>  bobb
>
>
>
> >>> John Callahan <john.callahan at udel.edu> wrote:
>
> I have about 15 or so OGC services running with MapServer, mostly WMS but a
> few WFS and hopefully some WCS in the future. I'd like to have an easy way
> for users to browse through my services. Of course, I can manually create a
> web page listing my services but there should be something better. A CSW
> catalog would be nice as traditional desktop GIS users can easily
> browse/search and add my services directly to their GIS. It'd also be great
> if my services could be harvested by other catalogs.
>
>
>   Does anyone know of a way to run a CSW-compliant app by simply adding
> existing etCapability URLs? I know about GeoNetwork but it doesn't seem like
> I need the full GUI or multi-user editor as it's only me (plus I'd rather
> not have to manually create/maintain records for each service as I think I'd
> have to with GN.) Does anyone know if MapServer can perform like a CSW,
> perhaps by pointing to local map files?
>
>
>   In the end, I'm looking for a way to easily maintain a catalog of OGC
> services through integrating existing services as much as possible. Thanks
> for any guidance.
>
>
>   - John
>
>
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> Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware
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