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<p>As we are are planning for our next OSGeo-Live 6.5 release, we
are now seeing a number geospatial portal applications which all
seem to be doing roughly the same thing, and are being developed
independently of each other. (see list below)<br>
</p>
<p>It seems to be a crowded market space which would be daunting for
purchasers looking to find the right project, and which I expect
would benefit from a level of consolidation.<br>
</p>
<p>I'd like to hear thoughts from stakeholders in each of these
projects.<br>
Am I missing something here, what is unique about your specific
project?<br>
Are there opportunities for collaboration? Merging of
functionality between projects often has an effort cost up front,
but pays off long term as you share developers and sponsors across
one codebase instead of two.<br>
</p>
<p>Spatial portal I'm aware of:<br>
</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Packages#Package_wishlist">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Packages#Package_wishlist</a><br>
</p>
<dl>
<dt> Localwiki
</dt>
<dd> a local place based wiki software.
</dd>
<dd> <a href="http://www.localwiki.org" class="external free"
rel="nofollow">http://www.localwiki.org</a>
</dd>
<dd> Contact: Philip Neustrom
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt> Geodjango
</dt>
<dd> a python framework for building geo websites, it's what
localwiki is built on. Maybe we can copy the existing tutorial
which in RST.
</dd>
<dd> <a href="http://geodjango.org/" class="external free"
rel="nofollow">http://geodjango.org/</a>
</dd>
<dd> Contact: Justin Bronn
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt> GeoNode
</dt>
<dd> <a href="http://geonode.org/" class="external free"
rel="nofollow">http://geonode.org/</a>
</dd>
<dd> A packaged stack of PostGIS/GeoServer/GeoNetwork. It's
primary goal is to let users upload data sets, fill out minimal
metadata, then allow it all to be remixed in web maps and shared
out viaWMS, WFS, Tiles, etc. </dd>
<dd> As of May 2012, requires a custom GeoServer
</dd>
<dd> Contact: ?, Being developed by OpenGeo
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt> EasySDI
</dt>
<dd> <a href="http://www.easysdi.org/" class="external free"
rel="nofollow">http://www.easysdi.org/</a>
</dd>
<dd> EasySDI is a simple and ready-to-use solution to deploy a
Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) based on ISO/OGC standards.
The solution is particularly designed for setting up discovery,
view and download services in a securized environement with
rights management and multilingual support.
</dd>
<dd> Contact: Xavier Merour
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt> GisClient
</dt>
<dd> <a href="http://www.gisclient.org" class="external free"
rel="nofollow">http://www.gisclient.org</a>
</dd>
<dd> web authoring tool configurator for GIS projects, based on
Mapserver/OpenLayers. Applied for OSGeo incubation, <a
href="http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/910" class="external
free" rel="nofollow">http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/910</a>
</dd>
<dd> Contact: Roberto Starnini
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt> i3Geo
</dt>
<dd> i3Geo allows the creation of interactive maps on the Web and
dissemination of data through OGC services and download of data
</dd>
<dd> <a href="https://gvsig.org/web/projects/i3Geo"
class="external free" rel="nofollow">https://gvsig.org/web/projects/i3Geo</a>
</dd>
<dd> Contact: Valenty Gonzalez
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt> Cartaro GIS CMS
</dt>
<dd> Geospatial CMS based upon Drupal, PostGIS, GeoServer,
GeoWebCache and OpenLayers.
</dd>
<dd> <a href="http://cartaro.org/overview" class="external free"
rel="nofollow">http://cartaro.org/overview</a>
</dd>
<dd> Contact: Patric Hafner
</dd>
</dl>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Current_OSGeo-Live_Web_Portals">Current
OSGeo-Live Web Portals </span></h3>
<dl>
<dt> GeoMOOSE
</dt>
<dd> A browser based mapping framework for displaying distributed
cartographic data. It is particularly useful for managing
spatial and non-spatial data within county, city and municipal
offices (from which GeoMoose originated).
</dd>
<dd> <a
href="http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/geomoose_overview.html"
class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/geomoose_overview.html</a>
</dd>
<dd> Contact: Bob Basques
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt> GeoMajas
</dt>
<dd> Geomajas is an extensible web mapping framework which
seamlessly integrates powerful server side algorithms into the
web browser.
</dd>
<dd> <a
href="http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/geomajas_overview.html"
class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/geomajas_overview.html</a>
</dd>
<dd> Contact: Pieter De Graef
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt> MapBender
</dt>
<dd> Web based geoportal framework to publish, register, view,
navigate, monitor and grant secure access to spatial data
infrastructure services.
</dd>
<dd> <a
href="http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/mapbender_overview.html"
class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/mapbender_overview.html</a>
</dd>
<dd> Contact: Astrid Emde
</dd>
</dl>
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