[Ottawa_users] Ottawa Chapter Meeting - April

[Sampson, David]

When you download GeoNetwork, which is a geospatial metadata catalogue,
you will also get GeoServer for serving out data (WMS, WFS, WCS, GeoRSS,
RSS, KML,etc, etc, etc).

One principle to remember is that if your data is not discoverable it is
not usable. A catalogue helps people discover your data.

As a geographer I would be hesitant in using data without metadata
because it is going to tell me if the data will match my other data,
what services it comes from and when it was created plus a whole lot
more. 

Also as a geographer I find creating metadata a pain. GeoNetwork can be
pointed to a WMS instance and harvest metadata from the service. It may
not be a full explanation but it takes a lot of the maintaining out of
the game.

GeoNetwork and GeoServer are a nice little stack, especially for people
more comfortable with a GUI than text files and command lines. With that
said "Long Live the CLI".

There are, like any product selection choices some challenges to be
overcome. Future releases of both will be addressing some of those
challenges.

So we can chat more about the relationships and experiences on Thursday.

Cheers

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:ottawa_users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Regie Alam
Sent: April 14, 2010 00:16
To: ottawa_users at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [Ottawa_users] Ottawa Chapter Meeting - April

Hello David,

    That sounds very interesting. What is the GeoNetwork component used
for? What about the GeoServer component? My guess would be GeoNetwork
for the cataloguing and metadata while GeoServer is for the
visualization.

    My intention for learning more about GeoServer is I guess pretty
basic. I wanted to know an implementation wherein I could serve vector
(mostly shapefiles) and raster data as a WMS.

Regie


On 09/04/2010 1:55 PM, Sampson, David wrote:
> Although I might not have a full presentation put together in that 
> time I would be happy to share my experiences with the GeoNetwork 
> stack that includes GeoServer.
>
> If there are particular areas of interest you would like to know about

> let me know. I have worked with desktop deployments and enterprise 
> server deployments. I have seen many successes and also some
challenges.
>
> If there are other people interested in various aspects of GeoServer /

> GeoNetwork I might be able to do something more organized next month 
> (May).
>
> Cheers
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ottawa_users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:ottawa_users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Regie Alam
> Sent: April 7, 2010 23:33
> To: Ottawa (Canada) Local Chapter List
> Subject: Re: [Ottawa_users] Ottawa Chapter Meeting - April
>
> Hello,
>
>      My name is Regie Alam, a Geomatics Analyst. I've attended a few 
> meetings before but haven't done so lately. I am wondering whether it 
> would be possible for somebody to do a presentation on GeoServer?
>
> Thanks,
> Regie
>
>
> On 07/04/2010 11:01 PM, Philippe Vachon wrote:
>    
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Another month has passed, and we've gone from a mild winter to a
>>      
> summer-like spring. I guess it's about darned time we had a local 
> OSGeo chapter meeting!
>    
>> Would there be interest in a meeting for next Thursday, April 15th,
>>      
> same time, same place? Or is there an alternative time that would work

> better for people?
>    
>> More importantly, is there anybody with any topics they'd like to
>>      
> present to the chapter, or are there any suggestions for presentations

> in the future?
>    
>> Cheers,
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