With the onset of the digital age, printed hardcopy maps have lost their relevance. Instead, the more versatile, digital maps have arrived, which are served through the internet.
Suppose you have geospatial datasets to combine and create thematic maps and then serve them through the web. GeoNode may assist you in executing your desired task. Web maps can be shared in one of the many raster or vector formats (GDAL supported formats).
WebGIS
When the users (or clients) access these web maps, it follows some standards defined by Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). GeoNode supports standard OGC services such as WMS, WFS, WCS and CSW. It is a fully open-source platform officially recognized by Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo).
It is used by organizations to build:
– geospatial content management systems
– nodes of spatial data infrastructure (SDI)
– open geospatial data catalogues
The SDI thus created interactively connects spatial data, metadata and tools with the users. The ultimate product is an intuitive web-based graphical user interface that can become a valuable collaborative platform for multiple stakeholders.
