Open Source framework for geospatial data discovery

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An open-source geospatial discovery stack built on GeoBlacklight (Ruby on Rails + Solr) runs in Docker on AWS and harvests metadata from ~460 libraries to index 1.6 million map sheets. It exposes map-centric search via Leaflet, supports OGC web services and IIIF manifests, offers downloads (GeoTIFF, JPEG, COG-ready), and curates edition/series metadata. Current limitations: UTF‑8 faceting and in-browser COG viewing (Leaflet integration) need fixes, but automated harvesting and faceted map discovery are operational.

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1. 0:00Introduction and motivation
2. 2:06Problems with geospatial data discovery
3. 4:35Introducing GeoBlacklight solution
4. 7:06Metadata standards and schema
5. 11:02Live demonstration of GeoBlacklight
6. 16:42Admin portal and automation
7. 17:26Harvesting and indexing global maps
8. 19:33Future improvements and Q&A

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