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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=678341018-24072009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I was part of a group that set it up for internal
testing... ordered the whole install kit and DVD.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=678341018-24072009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Slick packaging and had it up and going in an afternoon.
Took several more days to tweak and configure.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=678341018-24072009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I have also connected to GeoNetowkr servers using a simple
client I built in qgis...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=678341018-24072009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>If you are interested in strict adherence to OGC standards,
eg CSW, look a little deeper. I have seen sokme name spaces messed up, but that
could be becasue people were pointing thier Arc IMS servers and messing up the
name spaces in the XML requests and responses.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=678341018-24072009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Pretty solid product developed with funding by UN I
believe.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=678341018-24072009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>maybe we could do a hands on workshop and give everyone a
chance to check it out...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=678341018-24072009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Cheers</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> ottawa_users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:ottawa_users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Scott
Mitchell<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 24, 2009 11:53<BR><B>To:</B> Ottawa
Chapter OSGEO<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Ottawa_users]
GeoNetwork<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN></DIV>Lesley is looking for input from anyone experienced with GeoNetwork (but an email glitch blocked his post):<BR>
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style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><B>From:<SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica">"Chorlton, Lesley" <<A
href="mailto:Lesley.Chorlton@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca">Lesley.Chorlton@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca</A>><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><B>Date:<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica">July 23, 2009 16:30:24
GMT-04:00<BR></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><B>To:<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><<A
href="mailto:ottawa_users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">ottawa_users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</A>><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><B>Cc:<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica">"Smith, Steven" <<A
href="mailto:Steven.Smith@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca">Steven.Smith@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca</A>><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><B>Subject:<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><B>Geonetwork
experiences</B><BR></SPAN></DIV><BR><BR>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello all</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have any of you used GeoNetwork to organize
geospatial data or utilized a site that uses it ? Have you any
comments about ease of setup, cataloguing, data upload/download and the
query tools ? </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best regards</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lesley</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=2>Dr. Lesley Chorlton, P. Geo.</FONT><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR><FONT face="Arial Narrow"
size=2><A
href="mailto:lesley.chorlton@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca">lesley.chorlton@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca</A>,
613-996-9358</FONT><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR><FONT
face="Arial Narrow" size=2>Natural Resources Canada, 601 Booth Street,
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8</FONT><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR><FONT face="Arial Narrow"
size=2>Ressources naturelles Canada, 601 rue Booth, Ottawa (Ontario) K1A
0E8</FONT><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR><FONT
face="Arial Narrow" size=2>Government of Canada / Gouvernement du
Canada</FONT></P></SPAN><BR
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