Category: Geospatial

All articles, CKAN, Drupal, Environmental/Climate Change, Geospatial, Government, Higher Education/Research

The challenges of building websites that can speak to everyone

An interview with Maeva Tesan, Information, Communication and Knowledge Management Officer, Pacific Data Hub and Pacific Community Centre for Ocean Science

by Andrew Nette

All articles, CKAN, Drupal, Environmental/Climate Change, Geospatial, Higher Education/Research, Open Data

From collecting data to telling stories: a cost-effective journey in freshwater data management

When we talk about data portals, we usually focus on their role in collecting and cataloguing data, improving its quality, and making it more discoverable and shareable. But even with the very best data portal, it can still just be data sitting on a site.

by Andrew Nette

All articles, CKAN, Environmental/Climate Change, Geospatial, Industry, Open Data, Resources, Technology Infrastructure

From climate data catalogues to dataset storage: the CKAN extensions that make it possible

Link Digital CKAN experts recommend their most used or favourite CKAN extensions to extend the software’s core power in relation to data management applications.

by Andrew Nette

All articles, CKAN, DCAT (Data Catalog Vocabulary), Geospatial, Government, Higher Education/Research, Open Data, Steven De Costa, Thought Leadership

ISO19115 Geospatial Metadata Mapping and Validation with CKAN

Adoption of the latest metadata standards for describing geographic information ensures a higher level of interoperability between data portals, providing more value to end users by strengthening the whole ecosystem of geospatial data providers.

by Steven De Costa