Newsline from EDINA
March 2006: Volume 11, Issue 1
The GRADE demonstrator geospatial repository (in its first phase form) is now live and accessible via links from the GRADE web site.
The central aim of the GRADE project is to promote the reuse and sharing of raw and derived Geospatial Information (GI) data, and to investigate the cultural issues of data-sharing (both formal and informal). The project is also investigating issues of digital rights and copyright law of derived data.
The GRADE demonstrator is a web-based test-bed repository designed to understand the issues of handling more complex GI-specific datasets. It has basic functionality to store, upload, search and retrieve geospatial data for use within the GI-academic research community.
The demonstrator has been built as a mechanism to engage with the GI-community and to test technical issues of a geospatial repository such as functionality and interface.
We are now in a consultation and feedback stage and are seeking your input and opinions. If you are a Digimap registered user and are interested in getting involved in testing the demonstrator, please go to the web site to register or fill in a user survey questionnaire. Or, for further details on the project and demonstrator make a request to the GRADE team on grade-support@ed.ac.uk Keep your eyes peeled for some exciting results and a Phase Two demonstrator in the mists!