Report on GeoNode’s path to open source success

A map of flood zones in Haiti, rendered with GeoNode. Vulnerable areas are highlighted in red, over a base map showing a street map of Port-au-Prince. The mouse is hovering over a menu item which explains that "This map layer modelizes areas of frequent flooding for Port-au-Prince region."
Haiti Flood Zone map. Source: http://haitidata.org/maps/153/view.

Recently, OTS was asked to write a report about the GeoNode project by one of its primary sponsors, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) a global partnership that is managed by the World Bank.  GeoNode is a facility for sharing and displaying geographical information.  It is “web-based, open source software that enables organizations to easily create catalogs of geospatial data, and that allows users to access, share, and visualize that data,” as we put it in our report. Continue reading “Report on GeoNode’s path to open source success”