pygeometa is a new open source Python package to generate metadata for geospatial datasets. Users can manage simple configurations to generate geospatial metadata in a variety of formats. Features: simple configuration: inspired by Python’s ConfigParser extensible: template architecture allows for easy addition of new metadata formats flexible: use as a command-line tool or integrate as a library pygeometa is available ...

Here’s the recent geonews in batch mode. From the open source / open data front: Popular nowadays, Considering a Hybrid Proprietary/Open-Source Architecture Here’s a followup regarding the Open Letter for LiDAR standards, for which Esri’s Jack Dangermond himself provided feedback With the open source GeoMesa that is almost ready for release, Google & GeoServer Support Geospatial Big Data in the ...

The popular open source web mapping library OpenLayers 3.5.0 has been released. Some of the new features according to the official blog: “Among the features in this release is a new snapping interaction. This can be used in conjunction with the draw and modify interactions to allow vector editing with snapping support. See the new snap example for a demonstration ...

The popular geographic metadata catalog software GeoNetwork OpenSource just released version 3.0.0. A reminder of what it is: “GeoNetwork is a catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources. It provides powerful metadata editing and search functions as well as an interactive web map viewer. It is currently used in numerous Spatial Data Infrastructure initiatives across the world.” Amongst the long ...

Thanks to Between the Poles I learned about the new SpringerOpen journal named ‘Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards’. Its content is published under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY). The aims and scope: “Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards provides an advanced forum for the science and technology of open data, crowdsourced information, and sensor web through the publication of reviews ...

Here’s the recent geonews in batch mode. On the open source / open data front: Registration is open for the FOSS4G-Europe conference in Como, Italy, July 14-17 Anyone can now register to the FOSS4G in Seoul September 14-19 The OSGeo and the ISPRS signed a MoU You can sign the Open Letter of the Need for Open Standards ...

Supergeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, officially released SuperGIS Engine 3.3 for global GIS developers to customize GIS applications, meeting diverse demands in various fields. Lots of the components have been updated in the latest version, providing renewed and advanced data access and analysis functions such as mainstream database compatibility, table mashup, data processing ...

Here’s the recent geonews in batch mode. Slashgeo has recently been a victim of a hack and was hosting some ‘commercial’ links on a hidden sub-site — nothing users would have found out unless they were directed to this parallel site by a third-party. We addressed the issue and, while it never directly impacted the Slashgeo you’re used to, I’m ...

The popular open source geospatial data server GeoServer version 2.7 has been released earlier this week. The new features highlighted in the announcement: Color composition and color blending These are two new extensions to the rendering engine that allows for greater control over how overlapping layers in a map are merged together Relative time support in WMS/WCS WPS: WPS clustering ...

The popular open source web mapping library OpenLayers version 3.4.0 has been released today. Some new features according to the announcement: “Dateline wrapping has been added for tile sources, you can most clearly see this in the new wms-tiled-wrap-180 example. The draw interaction can now draw circles as well, check out the updated draw features example and select Geometry type Circle. […] ...