:Author: Friedjoff Trautwein, http://www.geops.de
:Author: Patric Hafner, http://www.geops.de
:Reviewer: Cameron Shorter, http://lisasoft.com
:Version: osgeo-live7.9
:License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

.. image:: ../../images/project_logos/logo-cartaro.png
  :alt: project logo
  :align: right
  :target: http://cartaro.org

Cartaro
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Geospatial CMS
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Cartaro provides geospatial functionality and web services within the Drupal Content Management System (CMS). With just a few clicks within Cartaro, you can set-up and run OGC standards based web services, as well as build maps into web pages. Cartaro builds upon robust Open Source components: the :doc:`PostGIS <../overview/postgis_overview>` database, :doc:`GeoServer <../overview/geoserver_overview>` and GeoWebCache web services, :doc:`OpenLayers <../overview/openlayers_overview>` maps in the browser, all managed from within the powerful `Drupal <http://drupal.org>`_ CMS.

Cartaro is designed for CMS websites needing to handle geospatial data, and for organisations wanting a light-weight Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) with minimal configuration and programming.

.. image:: ../../images/screenshots/1024x768/cartaro_frontpage.png
  :scale: 50%
  :alt: Cartaro Frontpage
  :align: right

Core Features
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Most SDI functionality comes right out of the box through the close integration of Drupal with PostGIS and GeoServer. The main features of Cartaro are:

* Spatial data storage with true geometry data types
* Creation of data types from within the Drupal GUI
* Integrated online editing of geospatial data
* Data publishing with integrated maps
* Configuration of map layouts and behaviors
* Symbol styling
* Data publishing through OGC standards-compliant web services (OWS) like WMS and WFS
* High performance map output through GeoWebCache
* Transparent privilege handling and security for all spatial data
* Content publication workflow and revision moderation
* Basic metadata collection through access to GeoServer-GUI
* Full extensibility through thousands of Drupal modules or individual programming

Implemented Standards
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  * :doc:`../standards/wms_overview`
  * :doc:`../standards/wfs_overview`
  * :doc:`../standards/wcs_overview`
  * :doc:`../standards/fe_overview`
  * :doc:`../standards/sld_overview` 
  * :doc:`../standards/gml_overview`

Details
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**Website:** http://cartaro.org/

**Licence:** GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2

**Software Version:** 1.5

**Supported Platforms:** Windows, Linux, Mac

**API Interfaces:** JavaScript, PHP

**Support:** http://www.geops.de

Quickstart
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* :doc:`Quickstart documentation <../quickstart/cartaro_quickstart>`