University of Venda GIS and web mapping platform
Enhancing Biodiversity Data Management with GeoNode and QGIS Integration at the University of Venda.
Description
The University of Venda Zoology Department, which is also the seat of the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve headquarters, has a rich store of geoinformation and biodiversity data that they wished to manage in in enterprise GIS, for use by researchers, students and the public. Kartoza deployed an instance of GeoNode with GeoServer back-end and one of QGIS server. Both share a PostGIS database, which is also available directly to qualified users. Users can interact with GeoNode in the browser or directly with QGIS or GeoServer web services or with the database from clients like QGIS. The next step is to integrate a GBIF IPT node so the platform can become a fully fledge biodiversity information management system.
