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EPOS Platform open source

Welcome to the official documentation for the EPOS Platform, an open source, self-hostable system for integrating and managing geospatial data services.

The EPOS Platform allows you to create a centralized catalogue of web services, making it easy for your users to discover, visualize, and access a wide range of geographic and geophysical data.

Why Use the EPOS Platform?​

  • Unify Your Data Services: Bring all your distributed data services (like WMS, WFS, and custom APIs) into a single, searchable catalogue. Stop juggling different endpoints and provide a single source of truth for your users.
  • Empower Your Users: With an intuitive web interface, users can easily search for data, preview it on interactive maps, and access it directly, without needing to be experts in geospatial technology.
  • Stay Flexible and Open: Built on open standards, the EPOS Platform is designed to be extended. A powerful plugin system allows you to integrate almost any data format, ensuring you're not locked into a proprietary ecosystem.
  • Own Your Infrastructure: As a self-hostable solution, you have full control over your deployment. Run it on your own servers, in a private cloud, or wherever you need it, ensuring data sovereignty and security.

Key Features​

  • Unified Catalogue: A central discovery interface for all your geospatial data services.
  • Interactive Visualization: A web-based platform with interactive maps for data preview.
  • Broad Format Support: Native support for OGC standards (WMS, WFS) and common formats (GeoJSON, CoverageJSON).
  • Extensible Converters: A plugin-based architecture to transform custom data formats on the fly.
  • Standardized Metadata: Uses the EPOS-DCAT-AP standard for rich, searchable service descriptions.
  • Flexible Deployment: Deploy with Docker or Kubernetes for scalability and easy management.

Getting Started​

Ready to dive in? Here’s how you can get started:

  • Quickstart: The fastest way to get a local instance of the EPOS Platform up and running in minutes.
  • Installation Guide: Detailed instructions for deploying the platform in different environments.

About the EPOS Project​

The EPOS Platform is the open source heart of the European Plate Observing System (EPOS), a long-term plan to facilitate the integrated use of data from solid Earth science research infrastructures across Europe. You can learn more about EPOS here.

Community and Support​

Have questions or want to get involved?

  • GitHub Repository: Find the source code, report issues, and contribute.
  • Community Discussions: Join the conversation on our GitHub repository.