Extension Spatial


Extension Basics

Title
Spatial
Name
ckanext-spatial
Type
Public extension
Description
Geospatial extension adding geographic search capabilities and spatial metadata support.
CKAN versions

~2.9.0, ~2.10.0

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Download-Url (zip)
Download-Url commit date
2024-06-11
Url to repo
Category
Specialized Tools


Background Infos

Description (long)
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CKAN Spatial is a comprehensive geospatial extension that adds powerful geographic capabilities to CKAN. It provides geospatial dataset search with interactive bounding box widgets, spatial metadata fields, and harvesting of geospatial data from various sources including CSW servers. The extension includes PostGIS integration for spatial database operations, ISO 19139 metadata harvester for geospatial standards compliance, and CSW server functionality using pycsw. It supports various coordinate reference systems, spatial indexing in Solr, and provides map widgets for dataset discovery. The extension is essential for organizations working with geographic data and needing to comply with spatial data infrastructure standards.

Version
2.3.1
Version release date
2024-06-11
Contact name
CKAN Development Team
Contakt email
Contact Url
(not set)


Installation Guide

Configuration hints

Configure spatial search backend (Solr), set coordinate reference system, configure map widget settings and default extents. Requires PostGIS for database spatial operations.

Plugins to configure (ckan.ini)
spatial_metadata spatial_query
CKAN Settings (ckan.ini)
# ckanext.spatial.search_backend = solr-spatial-field # ckan.spatial.srid = 4326 # ckanext.spatial.common_map.type = custom # ckanext.spatial.default_map_extent = -180,-90,180,90
DB migration to be executed
(not set)
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