Geodata Repository

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The notes on the Talk:Geodata_Repository Talk page for this page describe the background to this effort

Data sources

Sources of public geodata for initial setup in a repository.

VMap0

  • PostGIS storage for vector data.
  • Geoserver as a WFS
  • Ongoing generation of per-country and per-region shapefiles; distribution via HTTP and via geotorrents.org

Status

Blue Marble NG

  • Mapserver as WMS

Status

SRTM

Status

Landsat-7

Status

A full list of suggestions for public domain data sets that are nice-to-haves is maintained at Geodata Discovery Working Group

Metadata

  • Geodata Metadata Requirements - a baseline for what would be asked for / expected of data sets in an OSGeo repository
  • A simple metadata-in-GeoRSS webservice that is also as FGDC compliant as possible/desirable.
  • WCS?

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