Prototype of a CLIMB-WebGIS-server for data management
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1. MW Output bounding box for every supported CRS Fig 4 Additional WMS configuration options Before finishing the general configuration of GeoServer the contact information in the About amp Status section needs to be filled in properly since these entries also directly affect the service metadata of the Capabilities document Note that the position is not related to any job description of the contact but must be one of the responsible party roles defined in the EC implementing rules on metadata INS MD 3 3 Guide on how to publish a WMS layer in GeoServer In order to successfully create a WMS layer in GeoServer it is necessary to understand its core concept including the terms workspace store layer and style Adding a new layer see fig 5 requires the existence of a workspace store combination which basically New Layer represents a project and its data source The workspace groups similar data together e g all spatial information of a particular study site Its name is usually added as a prefix to the layer name which makes it possible to use more than one layer with the same name as Add a new layer Add layer from Choose One Choose One long as they are grouped into different workspaces On the other chibase chib_pg1 hand the concept of workspaces and the behaviour of adding its lance ce name as prefix to the layer names is a rather unique procedure amon gn BlueMarble_world p y q i p g gn boundaries map servers a2. 7 References e EC European Commission 2007 DIRECTIVE 2007 2 EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community INSPIRE http eur lex europa eu LexUriServ LexUriServ do uri OJ L 2007 108 0001 0014 en PDF last access 20 12 13 e EC European Commission 2011 Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE View Services European Commission EC Joint Research Centre http inspire jrc ec europa eu documents Network_Services TechnicalGuidance_ViewServices_v3 0 pdf last access 20 12 13 e GDI DE 2011 Handlungsempfehlungen fur die Bereitstellung von INSPIRE konformen Darstellungsdiensten INSPIRE View Services AK Geodienste GDI DE Koordinierungsstelle http www geoportal de SharedDocs Downloads DE GDI DE Handlungsempfehlungen_INSPIRE_Darstellungsdienste pdf _blob publicationFile last access 20 12 2013 e INSPIRE INS DS Commission Regulation EU No 1089 2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007 2 EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services http eur lex europa eu LexUriServ LexUriServ do uri OJ L 2010 323 0011 0102 EN PDF last access 28 12 13 e INSPIRE INS MD Commission Regulation EC No 1205 2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007 2 EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata Text with EEA
3. Report Deliverable No 2 4 Start date 01 03 2012 End date 30 06 2013 Lead Author Michael Blaschek amp Rainer Duttmann 3 _CAU Contributors Supported by all partners TITLE Prototype of a CLIMB WebGIS Server for data management Report User Manual REPORT 1 Objectives According to the description of work associated with deliverable 2 4 the desired WebGIS application is basically meant for processing querying evaluating and visualizing selected CLIMB related data The varying steps of data processing are mainly done outside the WebGIS Server and were partly described in the report of deliverable 2 2 Querying CLIMB relevant base datasets is realized through a metadata information system that is based on GeoNetwork in v2 6 4 and was already introduced in deliverable report 2 3 This particular report focuses on the visualization methods defined in task 2 1 especially on the steps that are needed to create standardised view services using GeoServer After a brief review on view services the installation customization and usage of GeoServer as well as its interaction with the running metadata information system GeoNetwork will be described In addition a few comments will be given about different web applications that can be used to work with or test the established CLIMB specific web map service 2 Introduction into INSPIRE view services WebGIS applications and geoportals are important elements of spatial dat
4. www ws o0rg 1999 xlink xmln3s x31 http www w3 org 2001 XMLSchema instance HSi schemaLocation http www opengis net sld http schemas opengis net sld 1 0 0 StyledLayerDescrip lt NamedLayer gt lt Name gt HyY PhysicalWaters Catchments lt Name gt lt Userstyle gt lt Name gt HY PhysicalWaters Catchments Default lt Name gt lt Abstract gt Drainage Basin areas are portrayed by no filled polygons with a solid blue 0066FF bor lt Isbefault gt 1 lt IsDefault gt lt Featurelypestyle gt lt Title gt Catchments default style lt Title gt lt FeaturelypeName gt PhysicalWaters DrainageBbagin lt Featurelypenane gt lt Rule gt lt Polygonsymbolizer gt lt Stroke gt lt CasParameter name stroke gt 0066FF lt CasParameter gt lt Cs3sParameter name stroke width gt 2 lt CssParameter gt lt S5troke gt lt PolygonsSymbolizer gt lt Rule gt lt FeaturelTypestyle gt lt Userstyle gt lt NamedLayer gt lt StyledLayerDescriptor gt SLD file Date auswahlen Keine ausgew hlt Upload Validate Submit Cancel Fig 12 Creating INSPIRE compliant styles in GeoServer s style editor After completing the WMS layer creation in GeoServer one last step is needed in order to make the new layer available to the public In the data security section a new rule must be added that grants read access to the anonymous user This can be done at once for all workspaces and all layer
5. relevance See also Corrigendum to INSPIRE Metadata Regulation http eur lex europa eu LexUriServ LexUriServ do uri OJ L 2008 326 0012 0030 EN PDF last access 21 12 13 CLIMB Deliverable no 2 4 17 INSPIRE INS NS Commission Regulation EC No 976 2009 of 19 October 2009 implementing Directive 2007 2 EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Network Services http eur lex europa eu LexUriServ LexUriServ do uri OJ L 2009 274 0009 0018 EN PDF last access 20 12 13 INSPIRE INS MDTG INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules Technical Guidelines based on EN ISO 19115 and EN ISO 19119 v1 1 2009 02 28 http inspire jrc ec europa eu reports ImplementingRules metadata MD_IR_and_ISO_20090218 pdf last access 27 12 13 Nolde M Duttmann R Blaschek M amp Klein U 2010 Geodateninfrastrukturen und ihre Anwendungen in der Praxis In Praxis der Informationsverarbeitung und Kommunikation 13 pp 245 252 Sudra P 2010 INSPIRE compliant web services The case of Narew National Park Poland http repository tudelft nl assets uuid 7aabb920 ece 4 1 bf 90e6 8d2b31 5e6f01 INSPIRE compliant_web_services pdf last access 20 12 13
6. Min X Min Y Max X Max Y 9 0083680 702344 39 345146241478 9 2831044257738 39 636499169836 Compute from native bounds Fig 9 CRS definition and bounding box calculation for WMS layer in GeoServer The last important segment of the data bar on the edit layer page of GeoServer is the link to a metadata sheet of an external CSW that holds an extensive description of the current layer http ukzfg s11 gis uni kiel de geonetwork srv en csw service CSW amp ver sion 2 0 2 amp o0utputschema nhttp www isotc211 or g 2005 gmd amp request GetRecordByld amp elementset Metadata links name full amp id 81e541b3 c64b 42cd 8db4 Type Format URL 73aa8d4a1cOf 4 TC 11 text plain httpukzfg s11 gis uni kiel de geonetwork srenicsw Remove Add link Note ony FGDC and T211 metadata links show up in WNS 1 1 1 capabilities Fig 10 Link to metadata about the underlying dataset of a WMS layer Note that the given ID in the URL field refers to the metadata file identifier and is not identical with the layer identifier specified in the WMS settings under the publish tab of the edit layer page As done earlier for the root layer of the WMS each additional layer needs its own unique identifier from the given authority see fig 11 Another important setting is the definition of the default style for the processed layer A style holds the information on how to render the spatial data of the WMS GeoServer already comes with a few pre defined styl
7. and were substituted by more obvious and human readable names including the name of the particular catchment or administrative unit The layer names instead were chosen INSPIRE compliant but the concept of workspaces and the GeoServer specific behaviour of adding the workspace as a prefix to the layer name prohibited a successful evaluation of this single element On the other hand allows the concept of workspaces our WMS to be compliant with the INSPIRE requirement about the inspire common DEFAULT style As there are two different themes represented using two different default styles that must be named the same this is only possible due to the fact that a style can be exclusively associated in GeoServer to a certain CLIMB Deliverable no 2 4 14 workspace The last issue of an additional supported language need to be solved in future versions of GeoServer too Currently only one language is supported After evaluating the Capabilities document of the CLIMB BASE MAPS WMS we also examined the INSPIRE compliancy of the service metadata record that is referenced in the Capabilities document but was not actually tested by the WMS INSPIRE tester Fig 16 displays the start page of the INSPIRE Geoportal Metadata Validator and shows the link to the investigated service metadata record Fig 17 subsequently presents a small piece of the metadata content recognised by the validator The resource verification report stated problems with the cou
8. b98a aa98ba55af0a Typ TC211 Format text plain b3 2bc4e e35d 43 7 7 a499 3e08a29db9dc Identifikator des Layers Authority DE SH_LGI CLIMB Name DE SH LGI CLIMB Authority URL Link http www _Igi geographie_uni kiel de Fig 20 Selected Capabilities details about a particular layer inside the WMS 6 Conclusion and next steps This report described the set up configuration and usage of GeoServer as the core component of the CLIMB WebGIS Server It focused on the creation of a Web Map Service WMS visualising selected CLIMB base maps delivered by the project partners during the first three years The presented WMS is almost compliant to the INSPIRE standard on view services as revealed by different online test applications Taking everything into conclusion GeoServer turned out to be a good choice for creating GlS related web services although full INSPIRE compliance could not be realised and despite the fact that only one single WMS can be hosted in a particular GeoServer instance The next and final steps are dealing exclusively with CLIMB results focusing on hydrological modelling output This outcome will be disseminated through a CLIMB geoportal based on the geospatial content management system GeoNode that uses again a built in GeoServer in order to create download and view services for distribution purposes The EU FP7 CLIMB BASE MAPS WMS presented in this report will be available inside the WebGIS client of the CLIMBPortal
9. to verify that the operatesOn path in the service metadata points to a valid metadata xml document by URL and that the identifier is correctly set in order to identify the according MD_ Dataldentification section inside the data metadata sheet In addition to these data service metadata coupling elements GeoNetwork links metadata records with layers of a WMS defining an online resource element in the transfer options of the distribution information section Correctly configured using the Capabilities URL see fig 14 of the corresponding GeoServer that holds the WMS an interactive map button occurs while browsing the metadata sheet in GeoNetwork that offers the option to load the chosen layer into GeoNetwork s built in map viewer see fig 13 5 WMS using and testing Besides loading and viewing layers of a WMS in the GeoNetwork interface using its built in map viewer it is a good idea to test the created view service in another independent GlS software such as QGIS Fig 14 in German illustrates the procedure of adding a WMS layer into the open source desktop GIS QGIS in v1 8 0 First you have to specify the WMS connection by adding its correct URL Once you are successfully connected you can choose from the available layers of the linked WMS and add it to the map window layer Ex x CI nocbase HY PhysicalWaters Catchments 2 x Layer Layerreihenfolge to_climb_base hd Neu Bearbeiten L schen Laden Speichern Vorgegebene
10. ISO 19128 is used within the CLIMB map server in its current version 1 3 0 It is a protocol for disseminating map images that defines three important operations GetCapabilities GetMap and GetFeaturelnfo see Sudra 2010 p 19 Particularly the GetCapabilities function which is used for implementing the INSPIRE Get View Service Metadata CLIMB Deliverable no 2 4 2 operation is strongly affected by the INSPIRE requirements EC 2011 p 17 The set of metadata which is written in the Capabilities document of an OGC compliant WMS is not enough to be INSPIRE compliant as well and must be enhanced by certain elements the so called extended capabilities section This can be done either by directly integrating INSPIRE metadata into the Capabilities document or using an external ISO 19139 compliant service metadata set that is simply linked inside the extended capabilities section MetadataURL The mentioned MetadataURL of the Capabilities document is an important element in the data service metadata coupling concept that is mandated by INSPIRE and illustrated in fig 1 in German WMS 1 1 1 1 3 0 Geodaten CSW 2 0 2 INSPIRE View Service INSPIRE Discovery Service connectPoint MetadataURL MD_ldentifier MetadataURL MD_lIdentifier MetadataURL Fig 1 INSPIRE compliant data service metadata coupling see GDI DE 2011 p 21 INSPIRE requires a strong interconnection between the view servi
11. Server erg nzen D Name Titel Zusammenfassung Eo EU FP CLIMB 5 This Web Map Server presents base maps used within the EU FP7 project CLIMB Cl G1 nilbase2 AU Admi Nile Administrati Administrative areas of the Nile basin in Egypt I 3 Qazbase2 AU Ad Gaza Study site Digitized lines of Gaza boundaries according to the agreement map between the Pal 5 chibase HY Physi Chiba CLIMB ca Official CLIMB catchment boundaries of the Chiba basin in Tunisia CRS substituted t E 7 kocbase HY Physi Kocaeli CLIMB c Official catchment boundaries of the Kocaeli test site in CLIMB This resource was tr G9 HY Physi Noce CLIMB cat Official i region 11 sarbase HY Physi Rio Mannu CLIM Watershed boundaries of the Rio Mannu Catchment Calculated for the outlet at the G amp F 13 thabase HY Physi Thau CLIMB cat Official CLIMB catchment boundaries of the Thau basin g 5 15 gn world Blue Marble world i WMS Verbindung anlegen 2 xI Bildkodierung S PNG GIF Name to_cimb_base URL http fukzfg s 11 gis uni kiel de geoserver ows version 1 3 0 Koordinatenbezuassystem 7 verf gbar Layername nocbase HY PhysicalWaters Catchments Geben Sie einen Benutzernamen und ein optionales Passwort ein wenn der Dienst Basic Authentifikation erfordert Kachelgr fe Obj en f r GetFeatureInfo jektbegrenzung Benut WGS 84 ndern Passwort i Gemeldete GetMap URI aus Diensteigenschaften ignorieren Hinzuf g
12. a infrastructures SDIs that are both based on GlS related web services In order to properly operate inside a high number of client solutions these services need to follow certain standards and specifications In Europe the INSPIRE directive 2007 2 EC of the European Parliament set an essential framework in establishing a European SDI EC 2007 The directive explicitly claims the dissemination of spatial information in forms of standardised web services that are amongst others grouped into view download and discovery services Whereas download services allow access to the data itself view services only provide an image of a mapped geographic layer and discovery services are meant for searching and querying spatial resources The creation of INSPIRE compliant view services is defined more precisely in the COMMISSION REGULATION EC No 9 76 2009 and its associated technical guidance for implementation INS NS EC 2011 There are also guidance documents on national level e g the ones from the GDI DE coordination unit in Germany GDI DE 2011 that assist on the complex way towards INSPIRE compliant view services In general INSPIRE makes use of several well known standards and GlS related specifications on spatial data metadata and services as regulated by the Open Geospatial Consortium OGC and the ISO Technical Committee 211 Nolde et al 2010 p 247 In the context of view services the OGC Web Map Service WMS standard eventually defined in
13. ce and its underlying data and metadata The MetadataURL element is used many times to reference both the service with its service metadata set and each layer inside the WMS with its associated data metadata record Service and data metadata are related through the operatesOn property Unique identifiers are realizing the link to underlying datasets The implementation of the principle of data service metadata coupling in GeoServer will be shown in the subsequent chapters 3 GeoServer As mentioned earlier in the text a map server represents an essential part of any SDI and is the responsible unit for the creation of standard compliant web services from spatial data We decided to base our CLIMB SDI on GeoServer since it is a widely used open source software server that is well documented and basically platform independent It can also be easily connected to or integrated into other important SDl relevant software components for instance GeoNetwork metadata information system or GeoNode geoportal framework CLIMB Deliverable no 2 4 3 3 1 GeoServer installation Windows GeoServer is running here inside an Apache Tomcat servlet container on a virtual machine with 2 8 GHz processor 2 GB of memory RAM and a Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard 64 bit operating system SP1 In fact it is the same machine that hosts the GeoNetwork metadata information system used in CLIMB and has been described in detail in the report associat
14. d the identifiers one by one User Michael Blaschek Map viewer Layer tree OHA SEW ild be w lP WGS84 lat lon w olm e A 4 C Base Layer SS Overlays kocaeli CLIMB catchmer Borders Print Legend Kocaeli CLIMB catchment boundaries O Ortophotoa 4 A H E me 20 km 10 mi 1 30000 Related service metadata EU FP CLIMB BASE MAPS Identification info Identifier 0459e876 3574 4d94 8f48 b0addab220c3 Title Kocaeli CLIMB catchment boundaries Date 2011 05 127T04 00 00 Date type Revision Date identifies when the resource was examined or re examined and improved or amended Code 0459e876 3574 4d94 8f48 b0addab220c3 Codespace http www igi qgeographie uni kiel de Presentation form Digital map Map represented in raster or vector form Abstract Official catchment boundaries of the Kocaeli test site in CLIMB This resource was transformed from ED50 to WGS84 fusing EPSG 1784 and subsequently from LCC to UTM Status Completed Production of the data has been completed Fig 13 WMS layer loaded into GeoNetwork s built in map viewer and associated metadata CLIMB Deliverable no 2 4 12 Using xlink within the operatesOn tag as described here avoids the complete replication of the MD_Dataldentification element for the relevant dataset containing for instance citation abstract and point of contact It is just important
15. daries Shapefile d O i sarbase sard pad PostGIS af T 6Ui chibase chib_pg1 PostGIS d E F gazbase gaza_pgi Postols d E G kocbase koca_pgi PostGIS a O nilbase nile_pql PostGIS of a fF nocbase noce_pgi PostGIS d O amp thabase thau_pg1 PostGIS y O g gn BlueMarble_world GeoTIFF a Fig 7 Stores of the CLIMB GeoServer regarding base maps Once you have decided upon which dataset from a particular store you want to publish you end up with various configuration options regarding the desired WMS layer This starts with basic resource information like title abstract and keywords followed by CRS definition and bounding box calculation Basic Resource Info Name HY PhysicalVaters Catchments W Enabled IY Advertised Title Rio Mannu CLIMB catchment boundaries Abstract Watershed boundaries of the Rio Mannu Catchment Calculated for the outlet at the dam construction Keywords Current Keywords features E mannu_catchm_ve E Remove selected New Keyword xl Fig 8 Basic resource information for WMS layer creation CLIMB Deliverable no 2 4 8 Coordinate Reference Systems Native SRS EPS5G 32632 EPSG WGS 84 UTM zone 32N Declared SRS EPSG 32632 O DAM EPsG WwGS 84 UTM zone 32N SRS handling Force declared Bounding Boxes Native Bounding Box in X Min Y Max X Max Y 500 721 0686284 4 355 116 860485 524 292 7980463 4 387 635 450453 Compute from data Lat Lon Bounding Box
16. e it is possible to provide one or more additional styles in order to allow the user of the WMS to switch between different symbology This is particular useful if the layer represents values that reveal different things depending on the legend and its number of classes as well as chosen class limits Fig 12 illustrates the creation of a style in GeoServer using the built in style editor Alternatively already existing style files in SLD Styled Layer Descriptor format can be imported SLD is an xml based markup language defined by the OGC and the only way to add styling details in GeoServer Other formats that store visualization rules for geospatial data such as ESRI layer files lyr used in ArcGIS products are not supported Before submitting a created style either by loading a sld file or using the given editor it is highly recommended to validate the code After clicking the validation button potential errors are shown that might cause problems in displaying any WMS layer the style will be associated with CLIMB Deliverable no 2 4 10 Style Editor Edit the current SLD style The editor can provide syntax highlight and be brought to full screen Click on the validate button to verify the style is a valid SLD document Name HY PhysicalWaters Catchments Workspace Copy from existing style Choose One CODY a 9e 127 ns http www opengis net sld xumlng oegc http www opengis HMIns x link http
17. e no 2 4 4 Besides setting the default language a metadataURL should be provided that links the service to either a standalone file or as in this case to an external catalogue service GeoNetwork holding the metadata information associated to the WMS according to the INSPIRE requirements Regardless whether the INSPIRE extension is installed or not a few basic metadata elements such as title abstract and access constraints are collected through the administration tool which are directly stored in the Capabilities document of the WMS Service Metadata I Enable WMS C Strict CITE compliance Maintainer httpvAvww lgigeographie uni kiel de Online resource httpvAvww climb fp eu Tithe EU FP7 CLIMB BASE MAPS Abstract This Web Map Server presents base maps used within the EU FP project CLIMB Climate Induced Changes on the Hydrology of Mediterranean Basins Ludwig et al 2010 www cimb fp7 eu Fees no conditions apply Access Constraints copyright Current Keywords WFS WMS Geoserver GeoNetwork base maps en infoWlapAccessService 30 CLIMB en EU FP7 en Remove selected New Keyword Vocabulary Add Keyword Fig 3 Basic OGC service metadata elements in GeoServer The keyword infoMapAccessService and its vocabulary attribute ISO are mandated by the EC implementing rules on metadata INS MD in order to properly classify the current view service Two other important entries regarding the root WMS la
18. ed with deliverable 2 3 Although GeoNetwork already comes with a GeoServer instance we have upgraded our map server regularly in order to have the most recent functionality available especially regarding its INSPIRE compliance The latest update in November 2013 used the web archive in version 2 4 2 which can be downloaded from geoserver org The following procedure is recommended for upgrading GeoServer in the given set up see http spatialmounty blogspot de 201 1 1 1 now to upgrade geoserver 211 to 212 html last access 21 12 13 1 Stop Apache Tomcat and backup the current directories C geonetwork data geoserver data and C Program Files Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 7 0 webapps geoserver as well as the web xml file from your WEB INF directory 2 Unzip geoserver 2 4 2 war zip and copy geoserver war into the Tomcat webapps directory 3 Delete your old GeoServer instance and restart Tomcat 4 Check your webapps directory for subdirectory geoserver and try to run the new GeoServer version in your browser using its URL here http ukzfg s11 gis uni kiel de geoserver 5 Substitute the new web xml configurations file inside folder C Program Files Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 7 0 webapps geoserver WEB INF by the old one and restart Tomcat once again The proposed workflow worked well in most cases however it can happen that files and even the file structure of the data folder are changing between GeoServer versions Then it is
19. en Gemeldete GetFeaturelnfo URI ignorieren Ein Layer gew hlt Ce e tee Fig 14 Testing view service with QGIS After verifying that the created WMS is working properly and can be used successfully within different clients its INSPIRE compliance shall be tested For that purpose two web based INSPIRE tester were considered The WMS INSPIRE tester http inspire tester neogeo online net last access 28 12 13 built by Neogeo Technologies directly checks the WMS GetCapabilities response whereas the official INSPIRE Geoportal Metadata Validator http inspire geoportal ec europa eu validator2 last access 28 12 13 works on the service metadata document Looking at the results from the GetCapabilities check using the WMS INSPIRE tester three non critical errors occur as shown in fig 15 CLIMB Deliverable no 2 4 13 WMS INSPIRE tester Prototype built by Neogeo Technologies WMS Service Identification Service address to be tested http ukzfg s11 gis uni kiel de geoserver ows Type the URL of the service you want to test Capabilities sum up Test results Raw Capabilities Debug Number of critical errors 0 Number of non critical errors 3 Number of warnings l 0 info Test scope and completeness This application checks if the WMS GetCapabilities response is compliant to the requirements and recommandations of the INSPIRE view services technical guidances 3 0 It does not test the service agains
20. es for different kinds of data and feature types However INSPIRE requires the use of a style named inspire _common DEFAULT for every available layer EC 2011 p 40 How this default style actually looks like is defined in the annex II or III of the technical guidelines and depends on the layer type of the INSPIRE theme that the given layer is related to For instance the style symbology of catchment boundaries is defined in the data specification on hydrography from http inspire jrc ec europa eu index cfm pageid 2 last access 27 12 13 as no filled polygons with a solid blue border p 116 The complete but slightly modified xml code used to create the INSPIRE compliant style for a HY PhysicalWaters Catchments layer type is shown in fig 12 CLIMB Deliverable no 2 4 9 WMS Settings W Queryable Default Style inspire_comman DEFAULT 0 Additional Styles Available Styles Selected Styles boundaries a al burg capitals cite_lakes concat dem flags giant_polygon grass green E Default Rendering Buffer Default WMS Path Authority URLs for this WMS Layer Authority Name Authority URL DESHLGLCLIMB hitpuiwwwgi geographie uni kiel de 0 Remove Add new authority URL Layer Identifiers Authority Identifier DE SH LGLCLIMB 63364616 c843 4d59 9b73 987093d39ffa Remove Add new layer identifier Fig 11 Important WMS settings during layer creation Besides setting the default styl
21. h the service itself partly shown in fig 19 as well as regarding every single layer inside the given view service as displayed for the Noce CLIMB catchment boundaries fig 20 Angaben zum Service WMS 1 3 Angaben zum Service Beschreibung Name des Service WMS Titel des Service EU FP CLIMB BASE MAPS WFS WMS GeoSerer GeoNetwork base maps infoWapAccessSernice Liste von Schl sselw rter die den Dienst beschreiben CLIMB EU FP Beschreibung des This Web Map Server presents base maps used within the EU FP project CLIMB Climate Induced Changes Dienstes on the Hydrology of Mediterranean Basins Ludwig et al 2010 www_climb fp _eu Fig 19 Selected Capabilities entries regarding the service Details zum Layer Noce CLIMB catchment boundaries Angaben zu den Elternlayern Pe tee Name des Layers nocbase HY PhysicalWaters Catchments Titel des Layers Noce CLIMB catchment boundaries Beschreibung des Layers Official CLIMB catchment boundaries of the Noce region Liste von Schl sselw rter aie die den Layer beschreiben features al aaf l EPSG 32632 oordinatenreferenzsystem Ana p4 EP 5G Code CLIMB Deliverable no 2 4 16 htto ukzfg s11 gis uni kiel de geonetwork sr en csw Metadaten URL sernice CSW amp version 2 0 2 amp outputschema http www isote211 org 2005 gmd amp request GetRecordByld amp elementsetname tull amp id b2cc2ee6 Geodaten des Layer 200f 4326
22. ments thabase H PhysicalWaters Catchments 71 5 error Additional supported languages inspire_common SupportedLanguage TG Reg 71 The language used in the lt inspire_common SupportedLanquage gt elements shall be different from the default language see lt inspire_common DefaultLanguage gt element One of the additionnal supported languages is the default language This language must be removed from the additionnal supported languages Fig 15 WMS INSPIRE tester at http inspire tester neogeo online net In order to receive further information on a particular error and to ease the solution process the WMS INSPIRE tester provides the number of the related requirement explained in the technical guidelines regarding view services EC 2011 However the errors listed above were not solved yet due to limitations of the current GeoServer instance as well as practical issues concerning the purpose of the presented WMS Valid harmonized layer titles as mandated by INSPIRE and defined in the commission regulation regarding spatial datasets and services INS DS would be Hydrography Catchment for the catchment boundaries and Administrative Units Administrative boundary for the CLIMB study sites following administrative borders rather than particular drainage basins such as Nile and Gaza Since there is more than one catchment represented by the CLIMB BASE MAPS WMS these harmonized layer titles are not well distinguished enough
23. nd works against INSPIRE requirements regarding gn koc_eta harmonized layer names see also chapter 5 cocbase koca pq nilbase nile pq nocbase noce pgi sarbase sard_pg5 thabase thau_pg1 Fig 5 New layer from certain workspace store combination CLIMB Deliverable no 2 4 6 New Layer Add a new layer You can create a new feature type by manually configuring the attribute names and types Create new feature type On databases you can also create a new feature type by configuring a native SQL statement Configure new SOL view Here is a list of resources contained in the store noce_pgl Click on the layer you wish to configure Results 1 to 16 out of 16 tems 4 Search Published Layer name Action noce_catchm_v2 Publish noce dem_vi Publish noce dischcalc_coeff_v2 Publish noce geol_legend_v3 Publish noce geol map wi Publish noce landuse_vi Publish noce subcatchm_vi1 Publish gry_male_ora_v1 Publish gry_maso_milano_ora_vl Publish gry_mezzolombardo_ora_v1 Publish gry_pellizzano_ora_v1 Publish gry_rabbies_rabbi_ora_v1 Publish gry_valorz_rabbi_ora_v1 Publish gry_vermiglio ora_v1 Publish trento_gauges_piezo_loc_vl Publish trento gauges _ultrasonic_loc_ wi Publish Results 1 to 16 out of 16 tems Fig 6 List of possible layers that can be published from a chosen store In order to add a new workspace within the workspace section of GeoServer just a name and URI need to be specified The URI can be freely cho
24. necessary to use the new data folder and add those folders that were created in earlier versions e g workspaces one by one from the backup A restart of the virtual machine was sometimes needed in order to finalize the upgrade process 3 2 GeoServer customization Web administration interface Before any configurations are made in the web administration interface of GeoServer the INSPIRE extension should be installed in order to load additional functionality that is required by the INSPIRE directive The relevant zip release file can be downloaded from the GeoServer website After extracting the archive and transferring the content into the C Program Files Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 7 0 webapps geoserver WEB INF lib directory GeoServer needs to be restarted and extended WMS capabilities are available The new corresponding INSPIRE configuration options can be found at the very end of the WMS section of the web administration interface INSPIRE Language eng 7 http ukzfg s11 gis uni Seii ree a K kiel de geonetwork srv en csw service CSW amp ver sion 2 0 2 amp o0utputschema http www isotc211 or http ukzfg s11_gis_uni kiel_de geonetwork sm en csw se g 2005 gmd amp request GetRecordByld amp elementset name full amp id d500bb 1d fcea 4634 ae3d 3054c0163966 Service Metadata Type CSW GetRecord by ID request gt Submit Cancel Fig 2 INSPIRE configuration options in GeoServer CLIMB Deliverabl
25. ogy and Geoinformation Science E mail blaschek geographie um hel de Becreccecccecsecccecseccccctencucesccsscccectsusuccisccccecestsccscessucecetscesccccescucusctsccusctececeusccisccuccseccsestccccecise sccsccisccceussccsesicesscesecisccsserseusccteciscscecssccscsisccescsscisscsccieed Resource Abstract This Web Map Server presents base maps used withm the EU FP7 project CLIMB Chmate Induced Changes on the Hydrology of Mediterranean Basins Ludwig et al 2010 www climb fp7 eu Resource Locator http ukzfe s11 gis uni hiel de geoserver ows 7SERVICE W MSa amp cversion 1 5 0 amp request GetCapabilities Fig 17 Results of the INSPIRE validator regarding the EU FP7 CLIMB BASE MAPS WMS CLIMB Deliverable no 2 4 15 amp https geoportal bayern de getcapabilities Capabilities Viewer WMS URL mithttp angeben WMS Version 7 3 0 Ausgabeformat HTML Capabilities Capabilities Anfordern Impressum Kontakt amp LVG Gesch ftsstelle GDI BY htp Jukzfg s11 gis uni kiel de geosernverwms amp SERVICE WMS amp version 1 3 0 amp request GetCapabilities Fig 18 Capabilities viewer of the Bavarian geoportal WMS URL The Capabilities viewer provided by the Bavarian geoportal is not meant for testing or evaluating any WMS but helps to view the GetCapabilities document in a more convenient way than as pure xml code in a particular web browser It clearly presents the information associated wit
26. pled resource and operatesOn elements that could not be resolved for unknown reasons INSPIRE Geoportal Metadata Validator Change log Documentation About This validator replaces the former schematron validator and implements the same validation criteria applied during the INSPIRE Geoportal discovery process It is possible to use this validator as a Web Service instructions available here Paste your resource in the text field below ISO 19139 Metadata or OGC Service Endpoint or CSW GetRecords or GetRecordById GET Request or URL to metadata http ukzfg sl11 gis uni kiel de geonetwork srv en csw service CSW version 2 0 2 0utputschema http www isotc211 org 2005 gmd amp request GetRecordById elementsetname full id d You can also upload a file to test Select the file to be tested Datei auswahlen Keine ausgew hlt Test Resou mce For security reasons HTTP resources using ports other than 80 and 443 cannot be contacted Fig 16 INSPIRE Geoportal Metadata Valdiator at http inspire geoportal ec europa eu validator2 Ea EU FP 7 CLIMB BASE MAPS Spatial data service Metadata Language Metadata Date English 2013 12 27T12 28 09 Metadata Point Of Contact Christian Albrechts University Kiel Physical Geography Landscape Ecology and Geoinformation Science E mail blaschek geozgraphie uni hel de Responsible Party Point Of Contact Christian Albrechts University Kiel Physical Geography Landscape Ecol
27. s but also specifically for a certain layer from a particular workspace CLIMB Deliverable no 2 4 11 4 Connection between GeoServer and GeoNetwork In chapter 2 on page 2 the concept of data service metadata coupling has been theoretically introduced see fig 1 Important elements of this idea were already part of the GeoServer configuration steps described in the previous section such as identifiers and authorityURLs as well as metadataURLs see figs 2 10 11 However some aspects of this concept like operatesOn and MD_identifier tags are located inside the metadata sheets called by the metadataURLs of the Capabilities document and need to be configured directly in the used metadata information system GeoNetwork Note that the UUID of the MD_identifier tag or RS_identifier of a particular data metadata record is supposed to be the same as those defined as identifier during the GeoServer WMS layer creation see fig 13 The operatesOn fields are part of the service metadata sheet and simply point to the several connected data metadata sets using as ID their metadata identifiers Note that this procedure is slightly different from what INSPIRE mandates in the coupled resource section of the metadata implementing rules p 19 where the URL is followed by the fragment notation identifier of the dataset In order to achieve this in the given GeoNetwork instance it is necessary to edit the service metadata in XML view and ad
28. sen and does not have to be a valid URL After creating a new workspace an associated data source needs to be declared This can be either a local directory with for instance shapefiles GeoTIFFs or other vector and raster formats that GeoServer supports or a spatial database such as the PostgreSQL PostGIS backend used in CLIMB and introduced in deliverable report 2 2 In order to add a new store based on a Spatial database the connection parameters needs to be provided An existing workspace must be selected during the creation process as well as name and description of the data source Once you have properly set up workspaces and associated stores the stores section look like displayed in fig 7 giving information about the particular data source type too Adding a new layer requires the selection of a certain workspace store combination as shown in fig 5 One can then chose from all datasets present in the selected store e g all tables from a single schema of a PostgreSQL PostGIS database see fig 6 and publish one of them as a WMS layer Hence a WMS layer is nothing but an expression of a database table or view or an individual shape file depending on the data source type of the given store CLIMB Deliverable no 2 4 7 Stores Manage the stores providing data to GeoServer Add new Store Remove selected Stores lt lt lt J gt gt gt Results 1 to 10 out of 10 items 3 Search E E F gn boun
29. t the requirements of the WMS specifications It focuses on the INSPIRE specificities At the moment the test suite is not complete by far Scenario 1 TG_Req 06 metadata outside of the Capabilities of the service see scenario 1 of the INSPIRE view services Technical Guidance This application does not check the conformance of O An element lt inspire_common MetadataUrl gt is present in the element lt inspire_vs ExtendedCapabilities gt This makes the publication possible to publish some of the service these external metadata 24 1 info Conditions for access and use no conditions apply and conditions unknown values TG_Req 24 QO If no conditions apply to the access and use of the resource no conditions apply shall be used If conditions are unknown conditions unknown shall be used 33 2 error Not a harmonised layer title TG _Reg 33 The title of the following layers are not harmonised Layers Gaza Study site Chiba CLIMB catchment boundaries Kocaeli CLIMB catchment boundaries Noce CLIMB catchment boundaries Rio Mannu CLIMB catchment boundaries Thau CLIMB catchment boundaries 39 1 error Not a harmonised layer name TG Reg 39 E3 The names of the folowing layers are not harmonised Layers gazbase2 AU AdministrativeBoundary chibase HY PhysicalWaters Catchments kocbase HY PhysicalWaters Catchments nocbase HY PhysicalWaters Catchments sarbase HY PhysicalWaters Catch
30. yer are authorityURLs and identifiers The authority name and URL are meant to inform about the responsible body that holds a particular WMS or layer The namespace need to be registered in the INSPIRE external object identifier namespace register and is inherited by subordinated layers whereas the root layer identifiers are unique It is highly recommended to use UUIDs in order to locally identify a certain resource EC 2011 p 36 UUIDs can be created for instance using an online generator under http www guidgenerator com online guid CLIMB Deliverable no 2 4 5 generator aspx last access 21 12 13 INSPIRE also demands the existence of an output bounding box for every supported coordinate reference system CRS As WMS usually do support a very long list of CRS this is not very feasible if there are a lot of layers inside a single view service It is therefore necessary to restrict the list of possible CRS by explicitly allowing only those who are actually affected by the datasets that the service is representing and their particular geographic region Authority URLs for the root WMS Layer Authority Name Authority URL DE SH LGICLIMB hitpvAwww ldi geographie uni kiel de Remove Add new authority URL Root Layer Identifiers Authority Identifier DE_ SH_LGI_CLIMB 42bf26f5 ea76 4996 a2f4 29e8c134be4b Remove Add new layer identifier Limited SRS list 4326 25832 32631 32632 32635 32636
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