News@UnidataUnidata newshttps://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/feed/entries/atom2024-03-06T11:18:50-07:00Apache Rollerhttps://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/ramadda-manages-diverse-digital-contentRAMADDA Manages Diverse Digital ContentUnidata News2022-04-18T14:06:17-06:002022-08-19T12:12:14-06:00<div class="img_l" style="width: 100px;">
<img width="100" src="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_pacific-ar-globe_still.gif" alt="Globe Animation" />
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<p>
If you are a student, educator, or researcher in the Earth Science community,
your work probably involves a broad range of digital content — web pages, documents,
photos, GIS data, instrument data, model data, <em>etc</em>.
RAMADDA, the Repository for Archiving and
MAnaging Diverse DAta, provides a place to manage all of this digital stuff.
</p>
<p>
RAMADDA makes it easy to manage all sorts of digital content, from documents and
images to scientific data files in a variety of flavors. Data
harvesting features allow the system to ingest available data and process spatial, temporal,
and faceted metadata automatically for use in the system's search interface. Content
can also be added to the system manually. And
RAMADDA makes it easy to create engaging web interfaces to display the digital
content using a wiki facility.
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<a class="lightbox" title="The NOAA Physical Science Laboratory's Climate Data Repository use RAMADDA to manage digital assets (https://psl.noaa.gov/repository)." href="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_pacific-ar-globe.gif">
<img width="150" src="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_pacific-ar-globe_still.gif" alt="Globe Animation" />
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Animation from a NOAA RAMADDA server<br>(Click to enlarge)
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<p>
If you are a student, educator, or researcher in the Earth Science community,
your work probably involves a broad range of digital content — web pages, documents,
photos, GIS data, instrument data, model data, <em>etc</em>.
<a href="https://ramadda.org/">RAMADDA</a> — the Repository for Archiving and
MAnaging Diverse DAta — provides a place to manage all of this digital stuff.
A data/content management and visualization platform
originally created at Unidata, the system is now developed and maintained
as an open source project by Jeff McWhirter of Geode Systems and other community members.
RAMADDA installations are currently in use at a number of Earth Science academic and research
organizations including
<a href="https://ramadda.unidata.ucar.edu/">Unidata</a>,
<a href="https://psl.noaa.gov/repository">NOAA</a>,
<a href="https://weather.rsmas.miami.edu/repository/">University of Miami</a>,
<a href="http://kyrill.ias.sdsmt.edu:8080/repository/">South Dakota School of
Mines</a>, the <a href="https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository">British Antarctic
Polar Data Centre</a>, the
<a href="http://ramadda.npdc.ncpor.res.in/repository">Indian National Polar Data
Center</a>
and the <a href="https://boulderdata.org">Boulder Data Hub</a>.
</p>
<p>
RAMADDA makes it easy to manage all sorts of digital content, from documents and
images to scientific data files in a variety of flavors. Data
<a href="https://ramadda.org/repository/userguide/harvesters.html">harvesting</a>
features allow the system to ingest available data and process spatial, temporal,
and faceted metadata automatically for use in the system's
<a href="https://ramadda.org/repository/search/form">search interface</a>. Content
can also be added to the system
<a href="https://ramadda.org/repository/userguide/newentry.html">manually</a>. And
RAMADDA makes it easy to create engaging web interfaces to display the digital
content using a
<a href="https://ramadda.org/repository/userguide/page_ramaddawikifacilities.html">wiki
facility</a>.
</p>
<p>
Users of the <a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/">Integrated Data
Viewer</a>
(IDV) may already be aware of that package's tight integration with RAMADDA. The IDV
uses RAMADDA's cataloging interface, and an
<a href="https://ramadda.org/repository/a/ramadda_idv">IDV plugin</a> allows users
to publish many types of generated content (such as images, movies, bundles, and
data) directly to a RAMADDA server where it can easily be shared with others.
</p>
<h3>RAMADDA Examples</h3>
<p>
The following sections illustrate some of the types of data commonly managed by
RAMADDA servers. (Click on the thumbnail images to expand them.)
</p>
<h5>Observation Data</h5>
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<a class="lightbox" title="Buoy data from the U.S. Naval Academy." href="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_Obs.png">
<img width="100" src="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_Obs_s.png" alt="Observation data" />
</a>
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<p>
Here is a <a href="https://ramadda.org/repository/a/point_data_collection">collection of
observation data</a> from the <a href="https://edmaps.usna.edu/repository/entry/show?entryid=1942f92b-c38e-4e66-8c31-20087df25450">U.S.
Naval Academy</a>. This interface is created with RAMADDA's wiki facility and allows the
user to interactively explore the data. RAMADDA has deep support for a wide
variety of observation data and you can easily create displays like this.
</p>
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<a class="lightbox" title="Flight track data from the University of Wyoming." href="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_King_Air.png">
<img width="100" src="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_King_Air_s.png" alt="Observation data" />
</a>
</div>
<p>
Here is an interactive display of <a href="https://ramadda.org/repository/entry/show?entryid=292d572d-63df-4c40-8264-1e2d82deab16">aircraft
track data</a> from the <a href="http://flights.uwyo.edu/projects/cupido06/">CuPIDO</a> field project. The
displays are integrated and the flight track can be animated.<br><br>
</p>
<p></div></p>
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<div class="img_l" style="width: 100px;">
<a class="lightbox" title="NOAA SNOTEL data." href="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_SNOTEL.png">
<img width="100" src="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_SNOTEL_s.png" alt="Observation data" />
</a>
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<p>
This is real-time data of a
<a href="https://ramadda.org/repository/entry/show?entryid=322dd4dd-6f7b-45bb-ac9c-d453bcc32326">NOAA
SNOTEL Site</a>. It is easy to integrate external sources of data within RAMADDA.<br><br>
</p>
<p></div></p>
<h5>Gridded Data</h5>
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<a class="lightbox" title="RAMADDA can easily ingest netCDF or GRIB files." href="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_Grid_Data.png">
<img width="100" src="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_Grid_Data_s.png" alt="Gridded data" />
</a>
</div>
<p>
Gridded model data is the backbone of forecasting and climate research. Grid files
in either netCDF or GRIB can easily be ingested by RAMADDA. Spatial, temporal, and
faceted metadata is extracted and deep search services are provided to aid in
discovery and access. A variety of services are provided including cataloging and
other discovery APIs, OPeNDAP for data access, aggregation of multiple grid files
and grid subset and time series extraction. The model files can be managed by
RAMADDA or accessed remotely via OPeNDAP. Here is a grid display of
real-time data from the <a href="https://ramadda.org/repository/a/gfs_grids">GFS
forecast</a>
taken from Unidata's <a href="https://thredds.ucar.edu/thredds/catalog/grib/NCEP/GFS/CONUS_80km/catalog.html?dataset=grib/NCEP/GFS/CONUS_80km/Best">THREDDS
data server</a>
</p>
<p></div></p>
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<a class="lightbox" title="Multiple time series can be viewed in one visualization." href="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_ensemble.png">
<img width="100" src="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_ensemble_s.png" alt="Ensemble data" />
</a>
</div>
<p>
Here is an interactive display of multiple time series from an <a href="https://ramadda.org/repository/a/ensemble_precipitation">ensemble forecast
model</a>. Clicking on the map extracts and displays the time series for that
point.<br><br>
</p>
<p></div></p>
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<a class="lightbox" title="The FACTS interface provides access to multiple datasets." href="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_facts.png">
<img width="100" src="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_facts_s.png" alt="FACTS" />
</a>
</div>
<p>
The <a href="https://psl.noaa.gov/repository/facts/">Facility for Weather and
Climate Assessments (FACTS)</a> at the NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory is
developed by Don Murray using RAMADDA. FACTS provides analysis tools; multimodel,
multiforcing climate model ensembles; and observational/reanalysis datasets for
addressing a wide class of problems on weather and climate variability and its
causes.
</p>
<p></div></p>
<h5>Documents</h5>
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<div class="img_l" style="width: 100px;">
<a class="lightbox" title="RAMADDA can store traditional documents as easily as it stores other data types." href="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_documents.png">
<img width="100" src="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_documents_s.png" alt="Documents" />
</a>
</div>
<p>
While you might not immediately think of
<a href="https://ramadda.org/repository/a/document_example">document files</a>
in the context of a scientific data repository, RAMADDA lets you manage document
files using the same system you use for other types of data. RAMADDA even extracts
the text content from PDF files and indexes it so the documents can be tagged with
metadata to facilitate search and discovery.
</p>
<p></div></p>
<h5>Images</h5>
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<div class="img_l" style="width: 100px;">
<a class="lightbox" title="RAMADDA provides numerous ways to view and interact with image resources." href="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_satellite.png">
<img width="100" src="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_satellite_s.png" alt="Satellite image" />
</a>
</div>
<p>
RAMADDA provides numerous ways to view and interact with image resources, including
image loops, galleries, slide shows, and maps. For example, a series of
<a href="https://ramadda.org/repository/a/example_image_player">satellite images</a>
might be displayed using the built-in animation player.
</p>
<p></div></p>
<h5>Training Materials</h5>
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<div class="img_l" style="width: 100px;">
<a class="lightbox" title="Materials for a recent Unidata workshop include data files, visual analysis, and documentation." href="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_workshop.png">
<img width="100" src="/blog_content/images/2022/20220413_workshop_s.png" alt="Workshop materials" />
</a>
</div>
<p>
Technical workshops or seminars often take advantage of curated data sets, visualizations,
and written documents. RAMADDA can easily organize different types of content in one
place, allowing instructors to provide visual examples and making it easy for students
to find all of the materials. For example, Unidata staff member Jeff Weber recently
used the system to collect materials for a
<a href="https://ramadda.unidata.ucar.edu/repository/a/sipi_ntu">Unidata SIPI-NTU</a>
workshop.
</p>
<p></div></p>
<h3>Additional Examples</h3>
<p>
Check out the <a href="https://ramadda.org/repository/a/earth_science_data_tour">Tour of Earth
Science Data in RAMADDA</a> or the full set of
<a href="https://ramadda.org/repository/alias/examples">RAMADDA examples</a>.
</p>
<h3>Using RAMADDA</h3>
<p>
RAMADDA is freely available and runs on most systems that can run a Java Virtual
Machine. It can run in the cloud, on a local server, or even on your laptop. It is
easy to install, configure, and maintain and comes with extensive
<a href="https://ramadda.org/repository/userguide/toc.html">documentation</a>.
Download it from <a href="https://ramadda.org/repository/alias/release">ramadda.org</a>.
</p>
https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/ramadda_1_6_availableRAMADDA 1.6 AvailableUnidata News2014-05-13T15:07:25-06:002014-05-13T15:07:25-06:00<p>
The RAMADDA development team is pleased to announce the
release of RAMADDA 1.6. The <a href="http://ramadda.org">Repository for Archiving,
Managing and Accessing Diverse Data</a> (RAMADDA) is an Open
Source information management and data repository framework
for the geosciences that provides a turnkey system enabling
data providers and users to upload, manage, and share data
holdings.
</p><p>
The RAMADDA development team is pleased to announce the
release of RAMADDA 1.6. The <a href="http://ramadda.org">Repository for Archiving,
Managing and Accessing Diverse Data</a> (RAMADDA) is an Open
Source information management and data repository framework
for the geosciences that provides a turnkey system enabling
data providers and users to upload, manage, and share data
holdings.
</p>
<p>
Version 1.6 is available for download from
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ramadda/files/ramadda1.6/">SourceForge</a>.
</p>
<p>
New features in this version include:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
A new <a href="http://ramadda.org/repository/alias/displays">display front-end</a>
integrated into the wiki
facility which enables the creation of rich interactive
search, charting and data access interfaces across multiple
federated repositories.
</li>
<li>
New entry types —
<a href="http://ramadda.org/repository/entry/show/Home/RAMADDA+Examples/Miscellany/Virtual+Groups?entryid=f5ccdc47-62f7-481a-b67d-bf76e5b34359">Virtual Group</a>,
<a href="http://ramadda.org/repository/entry/show/Home/RAMADDA+Information/Development/Example+Case+Study?entryid=b6ce8986-0a93-4436-8ec4-d30eb092365e">Case Study</a>,
<a href="http://ramadda.org/repository/entry/show/Home/RAMADDA+Examples/Science+Data/Ontologies/CF+Standard+Names?entryid=66e17bbf-cdef-40b6-a875-e035c98072c3">Vocabulary</a>, etc.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://ramadda.org/repository/userguide/editing.html#extended">Extended entry editing</a>
including the ability to change entry types.
</li>
<li>
The beginnings of an entry type, metadata and data dictionary <a href="http://ramadda.org/repository/metameta/index.html">editor</a>.
</li>
<li>
Automatic <a href="http://ramadda.org/repository/entry/show/Home/RAMADDA+Examples/Miscellany/Documents?entryid=babccf50-d206-4546-9fd6-b6c9ff67291a">extraction of thumbnail images</a> from Powerpoint and Word files.
</li>
<li>
Bug fixes and additions to the documentation.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
Further details are available in the
<a href="http://ramadda.org/repository/userguide/releasenotes.html">Release Notes</a>.
</p>
<p>
If you are running RAMADDA, please upgrade to this new version.
If you are not running RAMADDA, check it out!
</p>
<p>
If you have problems, comments or suggestions please send a
note to <a href="mailto:ramadda-users@lists.sourceforge.net">ramadda-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a>.
</p>https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/ramadda_1_5_availableRAMADDA 1.5 AvailableUnidata News2013-11-14T11:24:39-07:002013-11-14T11:24:39-07:00<p>
The RAMADDA development team is pleased to announce the
release of RAMADDA 1.5. The <a href="http://ramadda.org">Repository for Archiving, Managing
and Accessing Diverse Data</a> (RAMADDA) is an Open Source information
management and data repository framework for the geosciences that
provides a turnkey system enabling data providers and users
to upload, manage, and share data holdings.
</p><p>
The RAMADDA development team is pleased to announce the
release of RAMADDA 1.5. The <a href="http://ramadda.org">Repository for Archiving, Managing
and Accessing Diverse Data</a> (RAMADDA) is an Open Source information
management and data repository framework for the geosciences that
provides a turnkey system enabling data providers and users
to upload, manage, and share data holdings.
</p>
<p>
Version 1.5 is available for download from
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/ramadda/files/ramadda1.5/">SourceForge</a>.
</p>
<p>
Details are available in the
<a href="http://ramadda.org/repository/userguide/releasenotes.html">Release Notes</a>.
</p>
<p>
This release includes many bugs fixes, new plugins, and
a redesign of the user interface.
</p>
<p>
If you are running RAMADDA, please upgrade to this new version.
If you are not running RAMADDA, check it out!
</p>
<p>
If you have problems, comments or suggestions please send a
note to <a href="mailto:ramadda-users@lists.sourceforge.net">ramadda-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a>.
</p>https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/ramadda_version_1_4RAMADDA version 1.4Unidata News2012-09-28T09:41:17-06:002012-09-28T09:52:11-06:00<p>
Version 1.4 of the Open Source <a href='https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ramadda/#home'>RAMADDA</a> scientific content management system is now available.
</p><p>
Version 1.4 of the Open Source <a href='https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ramadda/#home'>RAMADDA</a> scientific content management system is now available.
</p>
<h5>New Features</h5>
<ul>
<li>
New and improved Wiki text facilites for creating rich content and data presentations.
</li>
<li>
New IDV bundles.xml output handler: NOAA/ESRL/PSD Climate Visualizations
</li>
<li>
Support for ESRI shapefiles, Google Earth KML/KMZ files and GPS data, GPX data.
</li>
<li>
Improved Grid Aggregation facilities. Aggregations can be created for local files without using a harvester. Ensemble aggregations are now supported.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
Details are available in the <a href='http://ramadda.org/repository/userguide/releasenotes.html'>Release Notes</a>.
</p>
<p>
Check out the examples in the "What's new" section of <a href='http://ramadda.org'>ramadda.org</a>.
</p>
<p>
If you have any problems with the new version or would like to see features please post a support request at: <a href='https://sourceforge.net/projects/ramadda/support'>https://sourceforge.net/projects/ramadda/support</a>
</p>
<p>
Download RAMADDA 1.4 from:
<a href='http://sourceforge.net/projects/ramadda/files/ramadda1.4/'>http://sourceforge.net/projects/ramadda/files/ramadda1.4/</a>
</p>https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/ramadda_version_1_3RAMADDA version 1.3Unidata News2011-09-14T09:43:29-06:002011-09-14T09:43:29-06:00<p>RAMADDA version 1.3 is now available. The new version has a number of new features,
including:
</p><ul>
<li>Google Earth plugin integration and improved maps</li>
<li>NLAS/RAMADDA LiDAR data services</li>
<li>Lots of bug fixes and documentation</li>
<li>New and improved Wiki facilites</li>
<li>Page styles</li>
<li>A number of new plugins</li>
</ul><p>RAMADDA version 1.3 is now available for download at:</p>
<p><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ramadda/files/ramadda1.3/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/ramadda/files/ramadda1.3/</a></p>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Google Earth plugin integration and improved maps</li>
<li>NLAS/RAMADDA LiDAR data services</li>
<li>Lots of bug fixes and documentation</li>
<li>New and improved Wiki facilites</li>
<li>Page styles</li>
<li>A number of new plugins:
<ul>
<li>Ontology
</li><li>FAQ
</li><li>Glossary
</li></ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Installing Plugins</h3>
<p>Many of the plugins are now provided in an <code>allplugins.zip</code> file. If
you are currently running RAMADDA you should remove the existing
plugins in your <code><ramadda home>/plugins</code> directory and install the
<code>allplugins.zip</code>. If you are installing RAMADDA you can opt to install
the plugins during the site installation process.</p>
<p>There are also individual plugins available here including some not
in the <code>allplugins</code> collection:</p>
<ul>
<li>NLAS LiDAR data services</li>
<li>RAMADDA users workshop</li>
<li>Travel planning</li>
<li>African Adaptation Program templates</li>
</ul>
<p>See the RAMADDA 1.3 Release Notes at:</p>
<p><a href="http://facdev.unavco.org/repository/userguide/releasenotes.html">http://facdev.unavco.org/repository/userguide/releasenotes.html</a></p>https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/ramadda_project_now_open_sourceRAMADDA project now Open SourceUnidata News2010-12-01T00:00:00-07:002011-04-02T10:34:35-06:00<p>
In order to better serve the Unidata
community, the RAMADDA code base has been
released as an Open Source project. Unidata
Program Center developers will continue to
participate in the RAMADDA project by
supporting our user community and contributing
to the Open Source development effort. By
opening up the project to the Open Source
commuinty, Unidata hopes to encourage broader
participation that will ensure the future
success of RAMADDA.
</p>
<p>
RAMADDA downloads are now available through
the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ramadda/">RAMADDA
SourceForge site</a>.
</p>