Data to Viewer

The following SOP address the procedure of having your data published as OGC Web Mapping Service (WMS) and in a VEF-based viewer (e.g. for MareHUB). There are slightly different procedures depending on the type of your data (raster, vector) and your preferred way of providing/exchanging (files, services, Pangaea) it to the SDI. All of them get illustrated in a schema and have lists of tasks to be done.

Both schema and lists are colour-coded. Everything blue depicts a process inside or a part of our Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI). Everything orange depicts stuff outside of our SDI related to raster data. Everything green depicts stuff outside of the SDI related to vector data. Red elements indicate that there are specifications to follow or some sort of input is needed. Black are data-type independent elements.

colour	meaning in schema and lists
blue	parts/processes inside the Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)
red	input needed, specifications to follow
orange	workflows/processes relating to raster-based data
green	workflows/processes relating to vector-based data
black	workflows/processes not related to data type

Schema

Raster data

via GeoTIFF (.sdi.tif)

Format your raster data as GeoTIFF files, according to our Spatial Data Specifications → https://spaces.awi.de/x/Ckv-Eg
Put it on an exchange space
- Preferably Isilon, damspace
- apply our Folder Structure Specifications → (link to come)
Give reading access to our technical user gisadm:gisadms
Contact us!
- Additional topics we will ask you about
  - metadata
  - Affected Viewer instances (default integration into viewer configuration)
SDI-internal steps
- Harvesting
- Database
- Harmonization
- Spatial Web Services
- Service Catalog (ServCat)
- VEF-based viewer(s)
- We get back to you via email
To update the published data: add/remove/update GeoTIFF files in the exchange folder, wait one day for our harvester to apply the changes

via Spatial Web Service (OGC WMS/WCS)

Publish whatever you like as a WMS/WCS
- best case: with activated DescribeLayer/DescribeCoverage
Contact us!
- Additional topics we will ask you about:
  - OGC Service Metadata
  - Affected Viewer instances (default integration into viewer configuration)

Vector data

via GeoCSV (.sdi.tab)

Format your vector data as GeoCSV files, according to our Spatial Data Specifications → https://spaces.awi.de/x/Bkv-Eg
Put it on an exchange space
- Preferably: Isilon, damspace
- apply our Folder Structure Specifications → (link to come)
Give reading access to our technical user gisadm:gisadms
Contact us!
- Provide information about exchange space
- Provide Mapping information, if necessary → https://spaces.awi.de/x/CyBGF
- Additional topics we will ask you about
  - OGC Service Metadata
  - Affected Viewer instances (default integration into viewer config)
SDI-internal workflow
- Harvesting
- Database
- Harmonization
- Spatial Web Services
- Service Catalog (ServCat)
- VEF-based viewer(s)
- We get back to you via email
To update the published data: add/remove/update GeoCSV and metadata files in the exchange folder, wait one day for our harvester to apply the changes.

via Spatial Web Service (OGC WMS/WFS)

Publish whatever you like as a WMS/WFS
- best case: with activated DescribeLayer/DescribeFeatureType
Contact us!
- Additional topics we will ask you about:
  - OGC Service Metadata
  - Affected Viewer instances (default integration into viewer configuration)

via Sensor Observation Service (OGC SOS)

Publish whatever you like as an SOS
Contact us!
- Additional topics we will ask you about:
  - if necessary provide Mapping information → https://spaces.awi.de/x/CyBGF
  - Affected Viewer instances (default integration into viewer configuration)
SDI-internal workflow
- Harvesting
- Database
- Harmonization
- Spatial Web Services
- Service Catalog (ServCat)
- VEF-based viewer(s)
- We get back to you via email

via Pangaea

Publish your data on pangaea.org.
Contact us!
- Provide Pangaea Queries and/or DOI lists
- Provide Mapping information, if necessary → https://spaces.awi.de/x/CyBGF
- Additional topics we will ask you about
  - exact WMS content ← product definition
  - OGC Service Metadata
  - Affected Viewer instances (default integration into viewer config)
SDI-internal workflow
- Harvesting
- Database
- Harmonization
- Spatial Web Services
- Service Catalog (ServCat)
- VEF-based viewer(s)
- We get back to you via email
To update the published data: update your data in Pangaea, publish new data (should be found by your queries), or contact us with new queries or DOI lists

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)