A map portal that makes maps available for viewing or downloading based on geographic or metadata searches The digital map collection can be found at http://www.mapovasbirka.cz/.
The maps can be downloaded and further worked with. Quote: Map Collection of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University.
The system is based on the GeoNetwork metadata catalogue in conjunction with GeoServer for fast, high-quality map display.
- The portal provides access to 65,000 maps in 28,596 collections (as of 26 March 2020).
- Maps are available in jpeg2000 format in 300 DPI resolution without watermarks.
- The catalogue allows geographic searches based on the underlying map.
- You can only scroll through the records and view the preview and keywords.
- Languages: in addition to Czech, also available in other languages (English, Spanish, German)
- Why GeoNetwork ? It's open-source, written in Java, detailed documentation and most importantly a large community of developers who are willing and able to advise. The project belongs to OSGeo, an organization that represents the main open-source projects in the field of spatial data. Moreover, when it comes to a spatial data metadata catalogue, there are not many other alternatives that offer such a level of security, user management, publishing and metadata editing. The editor supports ISO19115/119/11 including Dublin core. There is also an interactive browser built on top of OpenLayers3 that allows access to OGC services (WMS). It also has a user-friendly interface.
- Why GeoServer? Again, it's open-source, written in Java, implementing all OGC standards and part of OSGeo. It allows viewing and editing data, offers good tools for administrators (MapServer would be an alternative).
- Why Apache Tomcat ? Again, it is open-source and probably the most used web server for applications written in Java (GeoNetwork, Geoserver). It is very light-weighted, simple to configure and run.