Introduction

The South East Coast Information Management System (SEC-IMS) is a web-based data platform that manages, publishes, and makes available geospatial data for the South East Coast of Saint Lucia. It is built on Free and Open-Source Software and serves its data according to Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) API standards.

What you can do with SEC-IMS

  • Browse and search the data catalogue to find datasets relevant to the South East Coast Project.
  • View datasets on a map, switching between layers, adjusting the basemap, and sharing a deep link to a specific view.
  • Download data in the formats offered by each dataset (vector files, raster files, tiles).
  • Submit datasets through the public submission workflow, with no account required.
  • Edit and manage your own records if you are a registered contributor.
  • Access data programmatically through standard OGC APIs from GIS software, web browsers, and analysis notebooks.

How this guide is organised

The chapters are intended to be read in order on a first pass and used as reference material thereafter. Most readers will only need Chapters 2 to 4.

  • Chapter 2 — Browsing and finding data
  • Chapter 3 — The map viewer
  • Chapter 4 — Downloading data
  • Chapter 5 — Submitting data through the public workflow
  • Chapter 6 — Submitting and editing data as a registered user
  • Chapter 7 — Programmatic access (technical; safe to skip)
  • Chapter 8 — Glossary

Conventions

URLs in this guide refer to a hosted SEC-IMS deployment using the placeholder origin https://secims.example/. Replace this with the URL of the SEC-IMS instance you are using.

Code blocks are shown like this:

curl -s https://secims.example/collections | jq '.collections[].id'

Commands and file paths appear in monospace. Where a workflow involves clicking through interface elements, the elements are shown in bold.

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landing-overview — Full-page capture of the SEC-IMS landing page, showing the search bar, featured datasets, and main navigation. Used as the orienting image in this chapter.

Getting help

If something in this guide does not match what you see on the SEC-IMS instance, or if a workflow does not behave as described, contact the administrator of your SEC-IMS deployment.