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Afghanistan Disaster Risk Platform: Using GeoNode, GeoServer and MapStore to Help Resilient Development Planning

Blog ‐ Posted on 02.07.2018 by simone giannecchini

Dear Reader, in this post we want to talk about how we used GeoNode, GeoServer, and MapStore to build a platform for visualization and cost-benefit analysis to support decision makers with resilient development planning, public policy and investments in Afghanistan in cooperation with the GFDRR group at the World Bank. While in this post we will concentrate a little more on the technicalities behind the platform, in case you were interested more into the higher level motivations and objectives you can read this blog post from the GFDRR group. The goal of the project is to improve the decision-making and data-extraction capabilities for Afghanistan...

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DECAT Platform: Early Warning & Alert Systems with GeoNode, GeoServer and MapStore

Blog ‐ Posted on 27.06.2018 by simone giannecchini

Dear Reader, in this post we want to talk about how we twisted and extended GeoNode, GeoServer, and MapStore to build a platform for emergency response and early warning for the DeCATastrophize European Project (acronym DECAT). DECAT Project Effective systems for early warning, mitigation of impacts, and emergency management can save lives and protect people, property and the environment in the event of natural and man-made disasters. The goal of the DECAT project is to design, implement and operate a geospatial decision support system to assess, prepare for and respond to multiple and/or simultaneous natural and man-made hazards and disasters in a synergistic way. The DECAT platform provides:...

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Rilasciata nuova versione del profilo DCAT-AP IT per CKAN

Blog ‐ Posted on 19.06.2018 by simone giannecchini

Dear Reader, We apologize in advance, but this post is for our italian readers (hence in Italian only) to announce that we have finalized a new version of the DCAT-AP_IT Metadata Profile leveraging on the CKAN Open Data product. Siamo lieti di condividere con voi le ultime novità che caratterizzeranno la nuova versione dell’estensione CKAN per il supporto al profilo applicativo DCAT-AP_IT. Come forse molti di voi già sapranno il profilo per la documentazione dei dati delle pubbliche amministrazioni (DCAT-AP_IT), reso disponibile dall’Agenzia per l’Italia Digitale (AgID), è nato con l’obiettivo di armonizzare i metadati con cui vengono descritti i dataset pubblici, al fine di...

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HEV-E: leveraging on GeoNode to explore data for disaster risk management

Blog ‐ Posted on 11.06.2018 by Giovanni Allegri

Sharing data and information related to risk management is a stringent necessity. Natural events have an ever increasing impact on global population and assets, mostly in areas with reduced capabilities to deal with emergencies. Disaster management, prevention, and planning activities require access to the most up to date and detailed information available for a geographic area. Often data resides in some remote corners of the web hardly discoverable or, in the worst case, is kept segregated in local storage reducing or completely cancelling its value. Moreover data often lacks fundamental information (metadata) regarding its contents and formats. The GFDRR group of World Bank...

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Meet GeoSolutions at FOSS4G Dar Es Salam 2018!

Blog, News ‐ Posted on 06.06.2018 by simone giannecchini

Dear Reader, GeoSolutions is pleased to announce its presence at FOSS4G 2018 in Dar Es Salam, Tanzania, from 27th to 31th August. The annual FOSS4G conference is the largest global event for Open Source geospatial solutions, and this year will be held in Africa after almost 10 years. FOSS4G brings together developers, users, decision-makers and businessmen from a broad spectrum of organizations and fields of operation. GeoSolutions is proud supporter for the event as a Gold sponsor and we have also submitted a number of workshops and presentations and workshops on GeoServer, GeoNode as well as MapStore, find the details here below. Workshop  - Introduction to GeoNode, with Alessio Fabiani. Monday the 27h from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm.  - GeoNode developers workshop, with...

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