The Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS) at the University of Manitoba operates a data repository that hosts and shares its research data based on the FAIR principles. In collaboration the University of Manitoba, 52°North has redeveloped a portion of this platform. A central element of the system is GeoNode, which handles the sharing of spatial data. In addition, the OGC SensorThings API standard is used to share real-time meteorological and water quality data. In the initial project phase, 52°North customized a first version of GeoNode. We also integrated a SensorThings API instance into GeoNode and coupled it with a custom dashboard application for visualizing time series data.

Our activities in 2024 focused on maintaining and operating the system. These included updating the base images, as well as the dashboard and all of its dependencies to their latest versions available. In addition, our team performed several maintenance tasks to deal with GeoNode/Server and the adjustment of the data transloader meta data scraping logic of DataGarrison stations. The tasks that required the most efforts were the upgrade of the hosting machines from RHEL 7 to RHEL 9.