Recap of FOSS4G 2019 Bucharest event
GeoCat would like to thank the local organizing committee and everyone we met in Bucharest for making FOSS4G 2019 such a wonderful event. It was a pleasure to sponsor FOSS4G 2019 and we will continue our commitment to open source. Thus we would also would like to...
FOSS4G 2019 presentations GeoCat
GeoCat is looking back upon an inspiring FOSS4G conference (26-30 August). The presentations in the general track of FOSS4G 2019 all have been recorded. Were you unable to attend the Bucharest event, do you want to share information with your colleagues or refresh...
FOSS4G 2019 Bucharest schedule GeoCat
The GeoCat team is present at FOSS4G 2019 in Bucharest. We've made a simple schedule containing the keynote, talks and workshops we give and participate in. Every day, from Monday to Friday, at least one of our team members will be active. Thursday morning, Jody...
Alternative approaches for the new OGC API’s?
GeoCat was present at the OGC API hackathon in London. The event inspired our software developer Paul van Genuchten to step back and look at the latest developments. Do the standards meet the day-to-day needs of GIS professionals? And how can existing providers of...
GeoCat will present updates and workshops at FOSS4G
At FOSS4G 2019, GeoCat team members will announce, among other things, a version of GeoCat Bridge for QGIS, developments in GeoNetwork opensource and the pygeoapi project. We will also run several workshops, including workshops on the INSPIRE ready GeoNetwork...
New team member: Jody Garnett
As of June, Jody Garnett strengthens the GeoCat team as Technical Director. Jody loves the impact geospatial technology can have for our customers and the world. He is excited to apply his enthusiasm and customer focus to GeoCat Bridge and GeoCat Enterprise offerings....
Bolsena Code Sprint both productive and pleasant
For the thirteenth year, our founder and CEO Jeroen Ticheler has organised the Bolsena Code Sprint. From 23 to 29 June, GeoNetwork experts, other open source experts and an ESRI developper will work on upgrades, better code and migration issues. Happily it is not only...
Major GeoNetwork Enterprise Update (201905.1)
On the 7th of May, GeoCat released a new, major update of GeoNetwork Enterprise. It is focused on accessibility and has a more neutral look. It is optimised for generic use and has an improved editor usability. With version number 201905.1 we also introduce a new...
Developments in GeoPackage and WFS 3.0
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is currently running Testbed-15. As a member of the OGC, GeoCat closely follows the developments in GeoPackage and WFS 3.0. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) develops high quality open standards and constantly picks up...
GeoCat hosting Dutch GeoNetwork user group meeting
GeoCat is hosting the second meeting of the Dutch GeoNetwork user group this year. Among the subjects to discuss on May 23th are the impact of new OGC APIs on the geo landscape. Special Guests will be ISRIC (World Soil Information) and Nieuwland Geo Information, both...
Training to set up a Spatial Data Infrastructure
Could you support us in our process of developing a modern Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)? The Lands Department in Hong Kong approached GeoCat with this question. As we are having a wide experience in this field, we set up a two-week tailored training, covering all...
How to improve the discoverability of GeoNetwork records by search engines
At the last INSPIRE conference one of the hot topics was the discoverability of INSPIRE datasets in search engines. Google had just released its dataset search engine. Some datasets were findable via that engine (via the European open data portal), but certainly not...
