Uploading Documents¶

Overview¶

GeoNode allows users to share a wide variety of documents, such as:

Document Type	Supported File Types
Reports	.doc, .docx, .txt, .odt
Conceptual Notes	.doc, .docx, .txt, .odt
Posters	.pdf, .jpg, .png, .tif, .tiff
Spreadsheets	.xls, .xlsx, .ods
Presentations	.ppt, .pptx, .odp
Images	.gif, .jpg, .png, .tif, .tiff
PDFs	.pdf
Zip Files	.rar, .zip, .gz
Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD)	.sld
Metadata Files	.xml, .qml
External URLs	Web resource links (no file extension)

Note: Only authenticated (logged-in) users can upload documents to GeoNode.

You can upload documents in two ways:

From the All Resources Page:

Click Add Resource and select Upload document from the list.
From the Documents Page:

Click New.

Note: The default maximum upload size in GeoNode is 100 MB. Administrators can increase this limit in the admin panel.

Note: The maximum number of parallel uploads is 5. This setting can also be adjusted by an administrator.

Exercise¶

Follow these steps to upload your document to GeoNode:

On the GeoNode Homepage, click the Documents tab.

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Click the New button.

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The Document Upload page offers two ways to add documents to GeoNode:
- Upload from a local file
- Add a reference to an external URL
Click Select files... to choose data files from your computer.

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From your file explorer, select the file: README.txt

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Click Upload to begin the document upload process.

Once the upload is complete, click View to open the document’s detail page. Here you can see additional information, edit metadata, share the document, download the file, and delete the document.

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Note: For more details, refer to the Managing Documents section of the official GeoNode documentation.

Need More Help?¶

Visit the official GeoNode documentation:

https://docs.geonode.org/en/master/