Hello Sue, We have developed a repository based on DSpace that deals with GIS datasets in various formats including Shapefiles like you describe, called ShareGeo. We deal with these "multi-file" datasets by requiring all datasets to be packaged into Zip files. The Zip files are stored in DSpace although we also do some work during the ingest process to extract the bounding box coordinates of the dataset and identify the format of the geospatial dataset in the Zip file which gets added to the items metadata.
Some details: The ingest process unpacks the zip files and extracts the individual files that make up a dataset (e.g. .shp, .shx, .dbf etc. in the case a Shapefile) which we then pass to another package (GDAL/OGR) to extract the bounding box coordinates of the dataset which we use to automatically populate the dc.coverage.spatial metadata field. We have also integrated a Google Maps interface into the repository so that the bounding box that has been extracted can be visualized on a map background, and also so that users can search for a dataset using a map interface. More details can be found at: http://edina.ac.uk/projects/sharegeo/Help/help_submit.shtml although the actual repository is behind a login as it is only accessible to the academic community in the UK. If you would like more details please get in touch. Hope this helps, Guy McGarva EDINA University of Edinburgh http://edina.ac.uk/ guy.mcga...@ed.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)131 651 1708 http://edina.ac.uk/projects/sharegeo/index.shtml Kunda, Sue wrote: > > Hello. > > Does anyone have experience submitting GIS files into DSpace? We have > folders within folders filled with GIS files (mxd, sbn, sbx, shx, > etc.) and I’m not sure how to handle them. Any suggestions? > > Thanks,** > > ***Sue Kunda*/ / > Digital Production Librarian > Oregon State University Libraries > 121 The Valley Library > Corvallis, OR 97330 > 541-737-7262 > sue.ku...@oregonstate.edu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Dspace-general mailing list > Dspace-general@mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general > -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. _______________________________________________ Dspace-general mailing list Dspace-general@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general
