GI2010 symposium-vohnout (nn+metaschool)

14.05.2010 10. Sächsisches GIS-Forum 1

Metaschool and NaturNet PLUS projects

Premysl VohnoutCzech Center for Science and Society


Metaschool

The METASCHOOL project aims to improve the in-service training of school teachers and school ICT staff on topics related to the organisation, sharing, use and re-use of digital learning resources that can be accessed online through learning repositories.Building upon the experience of successful research & development projects a consortium that brings together significant expertise from the fields of teacher training or content and web repositories organisation attempts to develop a practical training framework for improving the quality of teaching and learning in the classroom through the effective use of digital content.


NaturNet PLUSNaturNet plus transfers methods and knowledge from NaturNet Redime project (NNR) to European regions and enterprises through network of organizations in Europe dealing with Environmental Education (Czech Centre for Science and Society, Videsprojekti, Ligatne, REC Bulgaria, REC Romania, AliTerme, Srpa). The focus is on how to manage sustainable tourism in regions and mainly in sensitive areas as protected areas, national parks and coastal zones. NaturNet Plus put together educational materials and experiences from NaturNet Redime project with methods of REGEO and EMIRES projects. Using this network will make NaturNet+ results accessible to different groups of workers and public servants.


GeoPortalGeoportal is a site which allows users to search, view, examine and share spatial and non-spatial data.Geoportal is based on interoperability standards (OGC, W3C, OASIS, ISO) which are connected to other web-based resources.Geoportal should not be closed central storage of spatial data without possibility of redistribution of this data.Geoportal should be solution, which does support the searching of data and information and their viewing and using by external sources.


Structure

Geoportal is a package of standalone applications.Every geoportal can have different set of these applications.The main purpose of this product is to be „INSPIRE compliant“Architecture is based on Service Oriented Architecture which allows integration with other resources and other portals.


Components

MiCKA is used as site where metadata can be put to metadata storage and published as a catalogue servicCatalogue client allows searching through connected metadata catalogues by catalogue services.Map viewer for this purpose is used HSLayersSimpleCMSGeohosting


SimpleCMSSimple CMS allows editing of home page of URM portal. This function is dedicate to administrator. SCMS allows:

Define content and system of menu for home pagePublish on home page articlesPublish external links in menu on home pagePublish on home page predefined map composition from MapManOrder information on home pageRemove information from home pagePublish RSS channels on home page




Map Viewer

HSLayers (Help Service+OpenLayers) combines capabilities of ExtJS and OpenLayers and several helper scripts, to truly Web GIS applications.

Development has been started in 2007 and It has been open sourced after 2 years of development, in 2009, and released under conditions of GNU General Public License 3.



MiCKAFeatures

Spatial data metadata (ISO 19115:2003 / cor. 2006)Services metadata (ISO 19119)Dublin Core (ISO 15836)Feature Catalogue (ISO 19110)Importing (ISO 19139, ESRI, WMS, WFS)Export (ISO 19139)CSW 2.0.2 (incl. transactions, harvesting)User profilingMultilingualChecking INSPIRE compatibilityGEMET thesaurus clientOWS support (WFS-Gazeeteer , WMS)



Metadata Extractor

Metadata extractor is tool, which supporting extraction of available metadata directly from different files (documents, presentation, etc.), Editing this metadata and publishing of metadata and files on URM portal. Other possibility is extract metadata (and then edit) directly from existing URL addresses and store metadata on URM portal.Access to information is then trough direct URL addresses.



Geohosting

• System for managing own spatial data with support of publishing.

• System for creating and publishing map compositions.

• System which allows collecting data in terrain.• Complex system compiled from components

integrated into one function unit.


MapMan

• Application for creating and publishing map compositions

• There can be used different types of data sources in process of creation map composition. This sources can be combined.

• Created map composition can be published so it can be accessed by other users.



Dataman

• Application for managing spatial data on the Internet.

• Support managing of spatial data stored in database or individual files.

• Allows export and import of these data.• Support creating of metadata to this data in

metadata system MiCKA.



Publishing

Geoportal allows publishing under several ISO standards

Dublin CoreISO 19115ISO 19119

Publishing under Dublin Core is done by Metadata Extractor.


Solutions for you1. Geohosting

– Free of charge: the information stay as your property, but you enable their use on the base of Common Creative License

– Commercial: possibility to use the full infrastructure with open API. In this case you are the only one owner of all the information and you decide to whom and how the data will be provided.

2. Interconnection of your portal with building infrastructure based on standards (OGC).

3. Connection of desktop applications into building an infrastructure.

4. The possibility to exploit free of charge our solution published under Open Source GPL.

5. Building in of our components into your non‐GPL solution with use of dual licensing. Our specialists will provide help, consultations and guarantee.

6. Commercial installation of INSPIRE compliant portal solution on your servers with user support and guarantee.