St. Kitts and NevisGeoNode Overview

SKNGIS - Physical Planning and Environment

Eduardo MattenetSenior GIS Officer - GIS/IT Consultant

IW:LEARN Regional ICT Workshop - LACMay 21-25, 2012

Basseterre, St. Kitts, St. Kitts and Nevis

GIS Components

Successfully manage all GIS components as a whole

PROFESSIONALS(Human Factor)

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SKNGIS - Challenge

FPDCENV

WDDOADOLAHIRD…

Others…

SKNGIS

Requests needs to be answered in a timely manner

Public

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How to improve local and regional collaboration and data-sharing?

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GeoNode

GeoNode is an open source platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of geospatial data.

GeoNode?

A new approach to spatial data infrastructure focused around users and collaboration

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Simple web-based tools

• Edit metadata in the same place

• Privacy controls to restrict access as needed

Make Data Sharing Easy

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Make Data Sharing Useful

• Download data in a variety of formats

• Use existing datasets to create maps

• Export your maps to other websites or PDF

Makes Data Sharing Useful

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Share Data and MetadataSearch Data and Metadata

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Search FeaturesSearch Features

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Where in the Region?• Operational GeoNodes:

• Grenada• Saint Lucia• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines• Saint Kitts and Nevis (Testing phase)

• GeoNode has been deployed at the University of West Indies - Geo-Informatics Department led by Dr. Opadeyi

• Soon to be deployed at the CCRIF

• Belize and Dominica next on the list

Geonode uses and users

• Geospatial data can be used for many purposes: establishing baseline data, conducting risk assessments, planning, project monitoring, and tracking progress.

• Access to high quality information is critical for project mangers, planners, policy makers, stakeholders and consultants involved in the development projects, as well as students, and public sector.

• Composing, sharing and publishing geospatial data and maps.

• Geonode lets you upload, manage, browse and search data.

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Implementation ofGeoNode SKN

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Geonode Project Goals• Development, Implementation and maintenance of a

Geonode portal for local and regional collaboration, geospatial data sharing and management, to support evidence-based decision making.

• facilitate open access to related geo-spatial information, data and knowledge sources, encouraging others to collaborate and share spatial data.

• Address technical challenges of both national and regional geospatial data management, including GSDI, data-sharing, metadata policies, infrastructure, technological capacity, and open-source data platforms.

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Resources required

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Resources

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Requirements (hardware)

• Server (hosting portal, serve data and maps)at least 4 Gb of Ram, recommended 6+ Gb

• Workstation / PC (data access and production)

• Peripheral (IN / OUT)

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Requirements (GIS Software comp.)Requirements (GIS Software comp.)

O.S.Server 200x /

Ubuntu 10.04+

TerraSyncGPS Pathfinder

Office

ArcGIS10.19.X3.x

GeoserverOpenLayers

OpenGeo Suite Comm. Ed.

gvGISQGISGRAS

…

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Requirements (software)Software Open Source

• Virtualbox 4.0.16 or greater• UBUNTU 10.04• Geonode platform• GeoServer (WMS, WCS, WFS)• OpenLayes (dynamic map in any web

page)• PostGIS• OpenGeo Community edition (Production)

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Requirements (admin)

Experience with Linux or desire and time to learn

Experience with GIS data

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Requirements (data)

• ESRI Shapefile format• Geotiffs• Projection information (recommended

GCS WGS84)• Metadata (ISO TC211)

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Requirements (implementation)

• Data• a GeoNode administrator

e.g. a tech person with a min 2 year contract• a server located in a high bandwidth

location• Regular trainings for end users by the local

admin.

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SKNGIS Geonode Portal and data warehouse

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Geonode Portal

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Geonodea practical case study

Planning for a new cemetery

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New Cemetery for Basseterre

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New Cemetery (Basseterre) – Land use

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New Cemetery (Basseterre) – Flooding risk

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Geonode Demo

http://demo.geonode.orghttp://www.haitidata.org

http://worldmap.harvard.edu

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http://demo.geonode.org

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http://www.haitidata.org

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http://worldmap.harvard.edu

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Geonode SKN - Challenge

FPDCENV

WD

DOADOLAHIRD…

Others…

SKNGIS

Requests needs to be answered in a timely manner

Public

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Questions?• Does GeoNode attempt to replace ArcGIS, Mapinfo, Geomedia,

etc.?• Does GeoNode support MrSID, ECW, Arcgrid, JPEG 2000, and

World Files?• Does GeoNode work with MySQL, Oracle spatial, MS SQL, Arc

SDE?• Does GeoNode support OGC standards? (eg. WMS, WFS, WCS,

CSW, TMS)• Does GeoNode support uploading data in different

projections/datums? • Is GeoNode really open source?

– You can find the source at: http://github.com/GeoNode/geonode

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Questions?

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Thank YouFor more information on Geonode and applications

http://www.geonode.org

St. Kitts and Nevis- Eduardo Mattenet GIS IT Consultant

Dept. Physical Planning and Environment, Min. of Sustainable Development

ematenet@sisterisles.knWorld Bank- Bradley Lyon Disaster Risk Management, LAC

blyon@worldbank.org- Ariel Nunez Global Facility For Disaster Reduction & Recovery

GFDRR Labsanunezgomez@worldbank.org

- Justin Locke Disaster Risk Management Specialist, LAC

jlocke@worldbank.org

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