Current stable version: v2.2.0 (4 April 2008)

Previous stable version: v2.1.0 (21 September 2007)

The software is released under the GPL license and can be used and modified free of charge.

Software and flyer

The GeoNetwork opensource desktop and server 2.0.3(! old release) software, a flyer and all the required supporting software and manuals are available on a DVD with a printed Quick Start Guide. The Flyer gives a good overview of the capabilities of GeoNetwork opensource software.

The DVD also includes a wide range of other Free and Open Source Software of interest to the geospatial community (among others GeoServer, MapServer, gvSIG, uDig, QGIS, GRASS, MapBuilder, MapLab, ka-map, PostGIS and NASA World Wind) for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

The flyer can be downloaded here (1.3MB).

You can obtain the GeoNetwork opensource DVD in three different ways:

• By browsing the content online here.
• By downloading the ISO image here (2000MB!)(hosted at OSGEO). You can than burn your own DVD from the ISO image.
• We ran out of printed of the package, so they cannot be requested at present. Sorry for that.

About this site

The main sections of the website are the Documentation and the Software area to download the application.

This web site focusses on users of the software. If you're interested in the development of the software, you probably want to visit the Developer web site at http://trac.osgeo.org/geonetwork and check out the Connect! section on this page.

As for the software itself, also the content of this website is considered "Free and Open" and released under the Creative Commons license. You are warmly invited to join, contribute content, provide feedback, experiences et cetera.

Background

GeoNetwork opensource is a standardized and decentralized spatial information management environment, designed to enable access to geo-referenced databases, cartographic products and related metadata from a variety of sources, enhancing the spatial information exchange and sharing between organizations and their audience, using the capacities of the internet. This approach of geographic information management aims at facilitating a wide community of spatial information users to have easy and timely access to available spatial data and to existing thematic maps that might support informed decision making. Read more...

Technical Specification

GeoNetwork opensource implements both the Portal component and the Catalog database of a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) defined in the OGC Reference Architecture. It provides tools for managing and publishing metadata on spatial data and related services. GeoNetwork opensource allows a distributed search providing access to a huge volume of metadata that come from different Clearinghouses and also provides a web-based interactive map viewer that allows people to composite maps picking layers from distributed servers on the internet. Read more...