Innovative solution for a hybrid geospatial infrastructure
GeoCat Bridge makes sharing data from ArcGIS® Pro* and QGIS™ desktop software even easier. Create a seamless online publishing workflow from your desktop GIS.
With Bridge’s convenient toolbar extension, you can share your geographic data and metadata with one click to the server platform of your choice.
GeoCat Bridge is provided for free with GeoCat Live, Find and Map,and you can also purchase a subscription.
You are
in control
Publishing using Bridge creates map services that can be used to build from the simplest to the most advanced map applications.
Optimized
workflow
Complex symbology, coordinate reference systems, data formats, metadata management. We use it all and optimize where we can.
Support
open standards
Publishing data through Open Standards allows consumers to make optimal use of your data.
FEATURES
Advanced software to publish geographical data easily and efficiently
Empower your geospatial data publication
Create great looking maps and publish them to GeoCat Mapand GeoCat Find. You can even upload your maps in PostGIS.
Publish data as interoperable, web based map services, including OGC WMS, WFS, WCS, OGC-API and more.
Whether you’re sharing maps, metadata, or other valuable resources, GeoCat Bridge streamlines the process, making it easier than ever to disseminate your geospatial information effectively.
Symbology conversion
You can trust GeoCat Bridge to provide unmatched symbology conversion from ArcGIS Pro or QGIS Desktop to create interactive maps with an identical look and feel.
Convenient data and metadata management
Effortlessly publish metadata into geospatial catalog servers like GeoCat Find and GeoNetwork opensource, ensuring that your data is discoverable and accessible.
Efficiency, integration and world-class customer support make Bridge the ultimate publishing solution
USE CASE
GeoCat Bridge for hybrid geospatial infrastructures
Rijkswaterstaat, part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, owns many spatial datasets related to infrastructure and environment. Dutch law requires them to share those datasets on an open data portal. To achieve this, Rijkswaterstaat uses GeoCat Bridge to convert their ArcGIS maps to GeoCat Map based services, where Bridge translates the layer symbology as closely as possible.
Since all the data are accompanied by ISO 19115 compliant metadata, Bridge also publishes that metadata to their GeoCat Find based data portal and automatically links it to the map services. This greatly improves the discoverability and usability of the Rijkswaterstaat open data, and makes the publication process quick and easy.
Frequently asked questions
If you have further questions after reading our FAQ, feel free to send us a message or schedule a call with our support team.
GeoCat Bridge is a plugin that publishes your maps and metadata from your favorite desktop GIS application to an online map and catalog service.
GeoCat Bridge is available as a plugin for QGIS, ArcMap (deprecated), and ArcGIS Pro.
You can download the GeoCat Bridge for ArcGIS Pro community edition and try it indefinitely with some limitations.
GeoCat Bridge for QGIS is available as a community plugin.
GeoCat Bridge is included for free with our products Live, Find and Map. Existing Live or Enterprise customers may contact us to obtain a complimentary license.
We also provide subscriptions to GeoCat Bridge for you to use within your own infrastructure.
The ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro plugins are proprietary software. The community edition allows publishing of metadata and geospatial data towards our demo server only.
The QGIS plugin is available as an Enterprise product and through the plugin repository of QGIS. GeoCat Bridge for QGIS source code is released under a GPL license.
What version is good for you?
For Enterprise or Live customers only | ||
100 free seats for Premium customers | ||
License key for 1 user or machine | 10 free seats for Standard customers | |
Support for ISO19139 metadata | Support for ISO19139 metadata | Support for ISO19139 metadata |
Metadata publication to GeoCat Live demo server | Metadata publication to GeoCat Find and GeoNetwork opensource | Metadata publication to GeoCat Find and GeoNetwork opensource |
Layer publication to GeoCat Live demo server | Layer publication to GeoCat Map and GeoServer | Layer publication to GeoCat Map and GeoServer |
Data publication to PostGIS | Data publication to PostGIS | |
GeoPackage and GeoTIFF support | GeoPackage and GeoTIFF support | GeoPackage and GeoTIFF support |
Free software updates | Free software updates | Free software updates |
Helpdesk support | Helpdesk support | Helpdesk support |
GeoCat Bridge works best with connections to a GeoNetwork-based metadata catalog for metadata publishing (OGC-CSW) and to a GeoServer or MapServer (ArcMap™ and QGIS only) map service for layer publishing (OGC WMS, WFS, WCS).
GeoCat Bridge can also export ISO19115/19139 Metadata, Style Layer Descriptor (OGC SLD, GeoServer), and Mapfile (ArcMap™ and QGIS only) configuration files to a local drive. Some layer styles or annotations/labels may not be supported, depending on the target.
* GeoCat Bridge is a trademark of GeoCat BV. QGIS is a trademark of QGIS.org. Esri, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcSDE and GeoSticker are trademarks or registered trademarks of Esri in the United States, the European Community, or certain other jurisdictions. Google Maps is a trademark of Google Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Bing is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.