Extension Geo Data.gov


Extension Basics

Title
Geo Data.gov
Name
ckanext-geodatagov
Type
Public extension
Description
CKAN Extension for Geospatial Data for Data.gov. Contains most Data.gov specific CKAN customizations and provides additional geospatial capabilities.
CKAN versions

~2.10,~2.11

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Download-Url (zip)
Last commit
a month ago (2026-01-26 20:57:49)
Url to repo
Category
Regional Government Themes


Background Infos

Description (long)
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Data.gov

Data.gov is an open data website created by the U.S. General Services Administration that is based on two robust open source projects: CKAN and WordPress. The data catalog at catalog.data.gov is powered by CKAN.

CKAN Extension for Geospatial Data

Most Data.gov specific CKAN customizations are contained within this extension, but the extension also provides additional geospatial capabilities.

Requirements

Extension Description
ckanext-harvest Required
ckanext-spatial Required

This extension is compatible with these versions of CKAN:

CKAN version Compatible
<=2.8 no
2.9 0.1.37 (last supported)
2.10 >=0.2.0

Command line interface

The following operations can be run from the command line:

geodatagov sitemap-to-s3 [{upload_to_s3}] [{page_size}] [{max_per_page}]
  - Generates sitemap and uploads to s3

geodatagov db-solr-sync [{dryrun}] [{cleanup_solr}] [{update_solr}]
  - DB Solr sync

geodatagov tracking-update [{start_date}]
  - ckan tracking update with customized options and output

Using the Docker Dev Environment

To start environment, run:

docker compose build
docker compose up

CKAN will start at localhost:5000

Testing

Tests follow the guidelines for testing CKAN extensions. To run:

make test
make lint

Credit / Copying

Original work written by the HealthData.gov team. It has been modified in support of Data.gov.

As a work of the United States Government, this package is in the public domain within the United States. Additionally, we waive copyright and related rights in the work worldwide through the CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication.

Version
0.3.7
Version release date
2026-01-26
Contact name
U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)
Contakt email
(not set)
Contact Url


Installation Guide

Configuration hints

Requires ckanext-harvest and ckanext-spatial. Uses Docker for development. Available on PyPI.

Plugins to configure (ckan.ini)
geodatagov
CKAN Settings (ckan.ini)
# No specific environment variables documented in README
DB migration to be executed
(not set)
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