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Spatial Knowledge Base Server

SKB Server was developed from the ground up to digitally archive and track documents and spatial data. It is available under an under an Open Source license and is supported and maintained by members of Spatial Knowledge Company and others around the world.


Features
  • Easy to install and configure and supports most popular operating systems.
  • Users can begin contributing documents easily with an intuitive user interface.
  • Built-in map viewer for viewing spatial data, can be integrated with other available map servers.
  • Perform complex Boolean searches for content, spatial information, or metadata.
  • Secure web-based access using encryption.
  • Works out-of-the-box with embedded HSQL database engine and Apache Tomcat Application Server or supports many other popular commercial and open-source RDBMS and J2EE Application Servers.
  • Powerful Lucene-based indexing engine.

Availability

  • Source and Binary Downloads are available here.

Development
  • Spatial Knowledge Base Server is Open Source. That means very fast development and bug fixing, and users can customize the software as much as they like (and, hopefully, contribute the changes back to the community). Of course, it means also that it is free, and it has no license costs, so you can install as many servers as you want with no additional cost.

    Latest News

    January 5th, 2008: Spatial Knowledge Base Server 2.1 has been released! Download it here.

    New Features
    • Customizable Metadata: Administrators can now customize the metadata that they would like to track for sites and documents.
    • New Map Viewer: Administrators can configure the layers, colors, and features available in the embedded maps. Bi-directional communication allows users to select a region and return all the sites found within that region. Layers can be turned on and off and users can pan, zoom in, and zoom out.
    • Privilege System: Administrators can now enable privileges at the user and group level in order to control access to things like creating documents, editing sites, running reports and other features.
    • UI Enhancements/Usability:This release contains significant UI improvements in usability and look-and-feel. New graphics, icons, and layout all the user to more easily navigate the application.
    • PDF Searching: Users can now search PDF documents when performing searches of content.
    • Archive Management: Archives are a way to package documents into common groups. On upgrade all existing projects will be converted to Archives and all Document links will be preserved.
    • Google Maps Integration: View your sites on maps generated by Google Maps API.