Downloading GeoCat Find

GeoNetwork can be installed using a Web Archive Resource "war" file. The Web Archive Resource contains GeoCat Find as a web-application, which can be deployed in an application server.

The GeoCat Find web application resource file is available to GeoCat users in the Nexus Repository Manager.

GeoCat Find provides 2 packages:

• geocat-find-2026.0.zip: a package containing the metadata schemas available in GeoNetwork opensource and a customised user interface with a clean, simple design.
• geocat-find-dutch-2026.0.zip: a package for Dutch users that includes the Dutch dataset and service metadata schemas, as well as a customised user interface with a clean, streamlined design, tailored to the Dutch metadata.

Follow these steps to download it:

WindowsLinux

1. Open your Web browser and navigate to https://nexus.geocat.net.

   Log in with your credentials.

   

2. Move to the Browser section and locate the enterprise folder.

   

3. Open the folder 2026.0/geonetwork/war and locate the package containing the most recent version (geocat-find-2026.0.zip or the geocat-find-dutch-2026.0.zip). Expand it and click on the zip file it contains.

   

4. In the file properties, download the path link to download the zip file (it contains a war inside).

   

5. Download the geocat-find-2026.0.zip or the geocat-find-dutch-2026.0.zip file.

   This archive contains:

   • geonetwork.war
   • license.html
   • release_notes.html

   These files will be used during the installation and deploy.

1. Use a browser to navigate to https://nexus.geocat.net. Log in with your credentials.

   

   Move to the Browser section and locate the enterprise folder.

   

   Open the folder 2026.0/geonetwork/war and locate the zip for the most recent version.

   In the file properties, locate the path link to download the zip file.

   

   This is the path used when downloading below.

2. Create a temporary folder to download geocat-find:

   mkdir /tmp/geocat-find
   

   Download using the username and password provided, and the version number determined above.

   wget --http-user='USERNAME' --http-password='PASSWORD' \
     https://nexus.geocat.net/repository/enterprise/2026.0/geonetwork/war/geocat-find-2026.0.zip
   

3. Unzip this file in your tempoary folder

   unzip geocat-find-2026.0.zip
   

   extracting: geocat-find-2026.0.zip
    inflating: geonetwork.war
    inflating: license.html
    inflating: release_notes.html
   

   These files will be used during the installation and deploy.