GeoNetwork Day 1

Phase 2 of the trip started today. As said previously this is a training course on a metadata system called GeoNetwork. It is not a particularly tricky system unless the user is unfamiliar with metadata or geographic information - unfortunately, quite a number in the group are unfamiliar with both so it is slow going. The morning session was just an introduction to GeoNetwork providing information on when and how it was developed, what its functions are and what international metadata standards are used.

There seemed to be a problem with the server and so we ended up having to do a local installation of it on our laptops rather than just using the online version. We would have done this anyway so that everyone understood how it works but just did it sooner than expected. The installation was fine for most but those using Windows Vista and browsers other than Internet Explorer experienced some problems.

After lunch we were let loose on the program and had to create a complete metadata entry including a photograph/graphic describing the data pictorially. For me this wasn't very challenging as I have worked with GeoNetwork before and as said above it is not a tricky system. I entered metadata for one of the South African datasets. This has to be done for all of our datasets so instead of just making stuff up, I have started capturing what is needed for the project. We finished the day early today (17:30) which makes a change from last week.

Now I'm going to curl up in the bliss of the air conditioning with my book. It has been exceptionally hot and humid today and the poor French guy (a new one) thought he was going to pass out at lunchtime from the heat. Shame he has arrived from zero degrees!

Good night until tomorrow. XXX

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  1. AnonymousDecember 15, 2009 at 3:40 PM

    Glad you had a good time at Tsavo National Park. Nice pics!!
    Sabine

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