Geospatial content management system

A geospatial content management system (GeoCMS) is a content management system where objects (users, images, articles, blogs, etc.) can have a latitude and longitude position to be displayed on an online interactive map.[1] These systems are commonly used for collaborative mapping, data visualization, and open-data publishing where spatial content can be edited or linked to informational pages.

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.

GeoCMS platforms are increasingly deploying within modern spatial data infrastructures, where open-data portals and geospatial catalogues support mapping, analysis and publishing workflows.[2]

Recent research on open-source geospatial content-management solutions highlights their use for heterogeneous data integration, interactive mapping and cross-platform publishing in web and mobile environments.[3]

Since the advent of Google Maps and the publication of its API, numerous users have used online maps to illustrate their web pages.[4]

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.

These frameworks have been used to build open-source GeoCMS applications that combine mapping libraries such as OpenLayers and Leaflet with spatially enabled databases like PostGIS.[5]

## GeoCMS comparison

| Django | Drupal | Midgard | Plone | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | WordPress

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Ability to store locations  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Ability to edit points, lines and polygons  | Yes  | Yes  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
Number of locations per content item  | ?  | Multiple  | In/about/at  | See specific plugin  | 1  | 1
Maps on content items  | OpenLayers, OpenStreetMap, Leaflet, Google Maps  | Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, MapBuilder, OpenLayers  | ?  | See specific plugin  | Mapserver or Google Maps  | ?
Syndication formats  | ?  | GeoRSS, KML, GeoJSON  | GeoRSS | See specific plugin  | RSS for maps update  | GeoRSS, KML
Geocoding  | ?  | Yes  | Yes (Yahoo, GeoNames)  | See specific plugin  | not yet  | ?
User location sources  | ?  |  | Manual, SMS, Plazes, GeoRSS, ICBM, Fire Eagle | See specific plugin  | customized maps  |
Can utilize spatial database (like PostGIS)  | Yes  | Yes in 2.x dev branch of geofield  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
Geographic Features Styling  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
License | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
Required Platforms / Main Languages | Django (Python) MySQL/PostgreSQL/SQLite/Oracle Database | PHP, MySQL/PostgreSQL/SQLite | Midgard (PHP), MySQL/PostgreSQL/SQLite | Plone (Python), ZODB  | LAMP (PHP)  | LAMP

## References

1. ↑ Corti, Paolo (2018). "Hypermap Registry: an open source, standards-based platform for geospatial content management". Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards 3: 1–17. doi:10.1186/s40965-018-0051-x.
2. ↑ European Union Publications Office. ′Geospatial Trends 2023: Opportunities for data.europa.eu from Emerging Trends in the Geospatial Community′. ISBN 978-92-78-43685-8. doi:…
3. ↑ Piccoli F., et al. “An Open-Source Platform for GIS Data Management and Analysis.” *Sensors*, 2023. DOI:…
4. ↑ Haklay, Muki (2010). "How good is volunteered geographical information? A comparative study of OpenStreetMap and Ordnance Survey datasets". Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 37 (4): 682–703. doi:10.1068/b35097. Bibcode: 2010EnPlB..37..682H. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1068/b35097. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
5. ↑ "FOSS4G GeoCMS development examples". Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoCMS.

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