Core Technology Under the Hood

GeoServer

Open source engine for publishing geospatial data using open standards

PostGIS

Open source spatial database built on PostgreSQL, “The world’s most advanced open source database”.

OpenLayers

A web mapping library used by GeoNode. Version 2.x is currently used, but moving to 3.x with new clients.

Django

A high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.


Under Development

Tegola

A high performance Mapbox Vector Tile server written in Go.

GeoGig

An open source tool that draws inspiration from Git, but adapts its core concepts to handle distributed versioning of geospatial data.

Harvard Hypermap

HHypermap (Harvard Hypermap) Registry is an application that manages OWS, Esri REST, and other types of map service harvesting, and maintains uptime statistics for services and layers.