Terms of Use

Please read the Terms of Use before using the E-platform. It contains important information about the rights and obligations when using the E-platform as well as when contributing data that could be distributed on the E-platform.

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Resources on the E-platform

There are three types of data on the E-platform: Datasets, Documents and Maps.

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Datasets

Datasets serve as the primary content of the E-platform. They are publishable resources representing a raster or vector spatial data source which can be associated with metadata. Datasets can be both local datasets in the E-platform as well as remote datasets either served from other WMS servers or by web service datasets.

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Documents

Documents are files such as reports, publications, presentations, short movies, images and much more. They can be associated with metadata and linked to specific datasets or maps.

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Maps

Maps serve as the primary content of the E-platform. Maps contain one or more published datasets, organized in a structured manner, and superimposed onto a base map for enhanced visualization and analysis. The published maps can be associated with metadata and shared.

The metadata associated with a resource includes critical details necessary for identifying and understanding the resource.

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Finding Data

From the E-platform homepage, you can use the search box in the navigation bar (see the picture below) to find datasets, maps and documents that contain any matching text in the associated metadata.

You can access all datasets, documents and maps available to you using the tab Data > Datasets, Data > Documents and Maps respectively

To facilitate access, data on the E-platform have been categorized into nine marine data themes:

Maritime Boundaries: Datasets related to the demarcation of the maritime zones of the Republic of Mauritius under the Maritime Zones Act 2005;

Marine surveys: Data collected through systematic investigations and assessments of marine environments, including marine scientific research, multidisciplinary surveys and drone data collection;

Marine environment: Information on the state and condition of coastal and marine environment;

Ocean uses: Data on activities in the coastal and marine areas;

Physical Oceanography: Datasets pertaining to the physical properties and dynamics of the ocean;

Marine Geology and Geophysical: Information on the geological structure, features, and processes of the seabed, including seafloor topography;

Marine Biochemical: Data related to the chemical composition and processes within marine ecosystems;

Satellite Oceanography: Remote sensing data collected from satellite observations of the ocean;

Marine resources: Information on the abundance, distribution, and sustainable management of marine resources essential for conservation and resource planning efforts.

The category buttons (see figure below) provide a convenient means to filter and search for datasets, maps and documents categorized under the specific themes.

You can order the list of data by date, name or popularity. 

You can use Filter on the top left of the page to customise your search by:

Text: text search in all metadata field

Resources: the data type (e.g vector, raster, remote, map, or document)

Category: the nine marine categories listed above

Keywords: one or more hierarchical keywords

Region: The standard region associated with the dataset, map or linked document

Owner: the provider, creator or distributor of the data

Date: The date when layer, map or document was published

Extent: The geographic extent of the layer, map or document that overlaps with the extent of the interactive mini-map. Pan and zoom in the mini-map to refine your search.

Datasets can be downloaded in a variety of formats, for use in other applications. Some Datasets may be viewable but not downloadable.

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Advanced users

The Advanced users page is the place for developers to get started building applications against the GeoNode. It includes instructions on using the web services, links to the source code of the GeoNode, and information about the open source projects used to create it.