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Geospatial content management system

A geospatial content management system (GeoCMS) is a content management system where objects (users, images, articles, blogs..) can have a latitude, longitude position to be displayed on an online interactive map. In addition the online maps link to informational pages (wiki pages essentially) on the data represented. Some GeoCMS do also allow users to edit spatial data (points, lines, polygons on maps) as part of content objects. Spatial data can be published by GeoCMS as part of their contents or using standardized interfaces such as WMS or WFS.

A GeoCMS can have a map of registered users allowing to build communities geographically, by looking at users location. The help of wiki for describing geographical layers present a way to solve the problem of geographical metadata.

Since the advent of Google Maps and the publication of its API, numerous users have used online maps to illustrate their web pages. Google Maps is in itself not a GeoCMS but a building block for GeoCMS applications. Similarly Mapserver can also be used for creating GeoCMS.

Elebase is probably the most advanced Geospatial CMS in the world at this time, with full handling of text, multi-media and geo objects that extend beyond just a point on a map to areas, paths and defined geo feature types.

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GeoCMS comparison

DjangoDrupalMidgardPloneTiki Wiki CMS GroupwareWordPress
Ability to store locationsYesYesYesYesYesYes
Ability to edit points, lines and polygonsYesYes????
Number of locations per content item?MultipleIn/about/atSee specific plugin11
Maps on content itemsOpenLayers, OpenStreetMap, Leaflet, Google MapsGoogle Maps, Yahoo Maps, MapBuilder, OpenLayers?See specific pluginMapserver or Google Maps?
Syndication formats?GeoRSS, KML, GeoJSONGeoRSSSee specific pluginRSS for maps updateGeoRSS, KML
Geocoding?YesYes (Yahoo, GeoNames)See specific pluginnot yet?
User location sources?Manual, SMS, Plazes, GeoRSS, ICBM, Fire EagleSee specific plugincustomized maps
Can utilize spatial database (like PostGIS)YesYes in 2.x dev branch of geofield????
Geographic Features Styling??????
License??????
Required Platforms / Main LanguagesDjango (Python) MySQL/PostgreSQL/SQLite/Oracle_DatabasePHP, MySQL/PostgreSQL/SQLiteMidgard (PHP), MySQL/PostgreSQL/SQLitePlone (Python), ZODBLAMP (PHP)LAMP