Adding Base Types to GeoNode

This section explains how to add some of the base data types into GeoNode. As an example we will learn how to upload a ShapeFile and GeoTIFF into GeoNode, as well as how to create maps and documents.

Adding a Shapefile

• Navigate to the GeoNode main page http://localhost and log in as test_user1; from the navbar click the Upload Layer link from the Data dropdown menu

• In the next page, select and click the Choose Files button

• From the file browser window navigate to:
  • /opt/data/sample_data/pretty_maps/data/boulder
  • By pressing RIGHT-SHIFT plus LEFT-CLICK select all the Mainrd.* files

  • Click on the Open button

    

• If everything went well, you should be able to see the files listed into the Upload Layer page; click on the Upload files button

• The upload will start and you will be able to see a progress bar on the top of the page; please be patient, if you have a slow machine it will require some time to finish

• If no errors occur, the progress reaches the 100% and the name of the new Layer becomes clickable

• Click on the Layer name in order to be redirected to the Details Page. This page is composed by different sections. We will inspect them in details in the next chapters.

• Click on the Layers link of the Data dropdown menu in order to go back to the list of all the available layer. The newly uploaded layer will be listed and a small summary card will report the most important information about that:

  • A thumnnail depicts a quick preview of the layer
  • A small section reports the clickable name of the layer along with an abstract, which by default is empty
  • There’s the name of the owner/creator of the content as well as the publication date
  • Some social shortcuts allow us to understand how many times the layer has been viewed or downloaded
  • Finally a shortcut link would allow us to create an empty map by using this layer as a overlay

  

Adding a GeoTiff

• Repeat the first steps we have doen for the Shapefile upload, select and click the Choose Files button

• From the file browser window navigate to:
  • /opt/data/sample_data/user_data/aerial
  • Click on the search button

  

• In the search textbox insert the name 13tde815295_200803_0x6000m_cl.tif
  • By pressing RIGHT-SHIFT plus LEFT-CLICK select all the 13tde815295_200803_0x6000m_cl.tif file
  • Click on the Open button

  

• Upload the file and wait for the progress bar to finish

• Move to the layers list and select the newly created layer

• Make sure you can navigate the map preview from the layer details page

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