[datacatalogs] DataCatalogs.org migrated to the new setup

[Rufus Pollock]

A nice update here, that geocoding of all the portals has now happened
thanks to the efforts of Sander van der Waal and others.

The front page map now shows all the portals:

http://datacatalogs.org/

Regards,

Rufus


On 28 August 2014 11:46, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Following the discussion on list [1] we have migrated DataCatalogs.org
> from CKAN to a new, very simple setup based on a Google Spreadsheet "DB"
> and a ultra-simple NodeJS frontend. To see new setup running visit:
>
> http://datacatalogs.org/
>
> Full details on the migration in this (closed) github issue
> <https://github.com/okfn/datacatalogs.org/issues/23>.
>
> Immediate next steps:
>
> - Refine the information we collect on each portal / catalog (I will send
> a separate email)
> - Geocode the current portals we have - see this issue
> <https://github.com/okfn/datacatalogs.org/issues/30> (at the moment we
> have only coded about 60 of the 390 portals in the DB) ***volunteers
> wanted** :-)*
>
> Regards,
>
> Rufus
>
> [1]: https://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/data-catalogs/2014-July/000175.html
>
>


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