Thanks Jeroen for the information, especially the workshop instructions. I was not aware that GN could work with services in this way. This sounds very much like what I need (even if the full GUI application might seem like a bit overkill for only 15 or so datasets!) The CSW support and harvesting capabilities (ability to be harvested) are great advantages.
>From reading the docs, it looks like a beta/prerelease version of 2.8 (or 3.0?) on Windows might be available before the end of the year. Is that still the current plan? Thanks. - John *********************************************** John Callahan, Research Scientist Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware URL: http://www.dgs.udel.edu ************************************************* On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 1:12 AM, Jeroen Ticheler <jeroen.tiche...@geocat.net>wrote: > Hi John, > You can configure GeoNetwork to automatically create the metadata for you > for each layer in your services (WMS, WFS, WCS, WPS, SOS are all > supported). > The FOSS4G 2011 workshop (as well as previous ones) focussed on that aspect > showing how to configure the map server (in this case GeoServer, but the > same principal applies to MapServer or any other service). The more complete > the metadata in the OGC service the better the result in the catalog. > > A nice thing of this process is that thumbnails and links to the service > are all created automatically by GeoNetwork. No need for the GN editor ;-) > > You can find the instructions for the workshop here: > https://eos.geocat.net/download/workshops/foss4g2011/ > > Kind regards, > Jeroen > > GeoCat Bridge for ArcGIS allows instant publishing of data and metadata on > GeoServer and GeoNetwork. Visit http://geocat.net for details. > _________________________ > Jeroen Ticheler > GeoCat bv > Veenderweg 13 > 6721 WD Bennekom > Tel: +31 (0)6 81286572 > HTTP://GeoCat.net > > Send from mobile phone. > > Op 3 okt. 2011 om 06:23 heeft John Callahan <john.calla...@udel.edu> het > volgende geschreven: > > I have about 15 or so OGC services running with MapServer, mostly WMS but a > few WFS and hopefully some WCS in the future. I'd like to have an easy way > for users to browse through my services. Of course, I can manually create a > web page listing my services but there should be something better. A CSW > catalog would be nice as traditional desktop GIS users can easily > browse/search and add my services directly to their GIS. It'd also be > great if my services could be harvested by other catalogs. > > Does anyone know of a way to run a CSW-compliant app by simply adding > existing etCapability URLs? I know about GeoNetwork but it doesn't seem > like I need the full GUI or multi-user editor as it's only me (plus I'd > rather not have to manually create/maintain records for each service as I > think I'd have to with GN.) Does anyone know if MapServer can perform like > a CSW, perhaps by pointing to local map files? > > In the end, I'm looking for a way to easily maintain a catalog of OGC > services through integrating existing services as much as possible. Thanks > for any guidance. > > - John > > *********************************************** > John Callahan, Research Scientist > Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware > URL: http://www.dgs.udel.edu > ************************************************* > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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