UTU Geospatial data service is an open science geospatial content management solution where individual researchers and research groups can share and store their geospatial data.
What is UTU Geospatial data service?
Other users — community members or visitors — can explore, view and download the shared layers. All geospatial layers are visually represented on a map interface, provided by the open-source solutions OpenLayers and OpenStreetMap.
For UTU researchers
Data management and publication — store, describe and publish your group's geospatial data.
For everyone
Data utilisation — explore, view and download published layers, no account needed.
UTU Geospatial data service is part of the University of Turku data infrastructure. It contributes to UTU open science and research transparency principles, and to the UTU Strategy 2030 strategic profile Future technologies and digital society.
UTU research data and data policyutu.fi/en/research/open-science/research-data-and-data-policyStakeholders
UTU Geospatial data service was initiated by the Department of Geography and Geology of the University of Turku. Background maintenance is supported by UTU IT Services.
Geography and Geology
Initiated the service and leads it today.
UTU IT Services
Background maintenance and hosting.
Turku University Library
Permanent DOIs for published datasets.
Next development steps tie the service more closely to Turku University Library services, which will provide permanent DOIs for published research datasets.
GeoNode platform
GeoNode is an open-source spatial data infrastructure platform. It provides a structure for storing and displaying geospatial datasets, with extensive possibilities for visual design and additional functions such as map solutions, early warning systems and other analysis tools. GeoNode is an initiative by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo).
GeoNode
Spatial data infrastructure
OpenLayers
Map rendering
OpenStreetMap
Base map data