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+	<a href="http://travis-ci.org/GeoNode/geonode"><img src="https://secure.travis-ci.org/GeoNode/geonode.png"></a> <a href="https://coveralls.io/github/GeoNode/geonode?branch=master"><img src="https://coveralls.io/repos/github/GeoNode/geonode/badge.svg?branch=master"></a> <a href="https://codecov.io/gh/GeoNode/geonode)
+	[![travis-ci.org"><img src="https://codecov.io/gh/GeoNode/geonode/branch/master/graph/badge.svg"></a> <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html"><img src="docs/img/gpl.png" alt="GPL badge"></a></div><img src="docs/img/geonode-logo_for_readme.gif" alt="GeoNode Logo" width="450px"/><div style="text-align:center"><hr><b>A powerful yet easy to use web-based application and platform for deploying spatial data infrastructures (SDI).</b><hr></div>
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+
+
+Table of Contents
+----------------
+
+-  `What is GeoNode? <#what-is-geonode>`__
+-  `Try out GeoNode <#try-out-geonode>`__
+-  `Install <#install>`__
+-  `Learn GeoNode <#learn-geonode>`__
+-  `Development <#development>`__
+-  `Contributing <#contributing>`__
+-  `Roadmap <#roadmap>`__
+-  `Showcase <#showcase>`__
+-  `Most useful links <#most-useful-links>`__
+-  `Licensing <#licensing>`__
+
+What is GeoNode?
+----------------
+
+GeoNode is a geospatial content management system, a platform for the
+management and publication of geospatial data. It brings together mature
+and stable open-source software projects under a consistent and
+easy-to-use interface allowing non-specialized users to share data and
+create interactive maps.
+
+Data management tools built into GeoNode allow for integrated creation
+of data, metadata, and map visualization. Each dataset in the system can
+be shared publicly or restricted to allow access to only specific users.
+Social features like user profiles and commenting and rating systems
+allow for the development of communities around each platform to
+facilitate the use, management, and quality control of the data the
+GeoNode instance contains.
+
+It is also designed to be a flexible platform that software developers
+can extend, modify or integrate against to meet requirements in their
+own applications.
+
+Try out GeoNode
+---------------
+
+If you just want to try out GeoNode visit our official Demo online at:
+http://master.demo.geonode.org. After your registration you will be able
+to test all basic functionalities like uploading layers, creation of
+maps, editing metadata, styles and much more. To get an overview what
+GeoNode can do we recommend to have a look at the `Users
+Workshop <http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/users/index.html>`__.
+
+Install
+-------
+
+    The latest official release is 2.8!
+
+GeoNode can be setup in different ways, flavors and plattforms. If
+you´re planning to do development or install for production please visit
+the offical GeoNode installation documentation: 
+
+- `Docker <http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/install_and_admin/running_docker/index.html>`__
+- `VM Setup with VirtualBox <http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/install_and_admin/vm_setup_virtualbox.html>`__
+- `Ubuntu 16.04 <http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/install_and_admin/geonode_install/index.html>`__
+- `CentOS 7 <http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/install_and_admin/setup_on_centos/index.html>`__
+- `Windows Binary Installer <http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/install_and_admin/win_bin_install/win_binary_installer.html>`__
+- `Installation by deb packages <http://geonode.org>`__
+
+Learn GeoNode
+-------------
+
+After you´ve finished the setup process make yourself familiar with the
+general usage and settings of your GeoNodes instance. - the `User
+Training <http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/users/index.html>`__
+is going in depth into what we can do. - the `Administrators
+Workshop <http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/admin/index.html>`__
+will guide you to the most important parts regarding management commands
+and configuration settings.
+
+Development
+-----------
+
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+
+	<img src="docs/img/opensource.png">
+
+GeoNode is a web based GIS tool, and as such, in order to do development
+on GeoNode itself or to integrate it into your own application, you
+should be familiar with basic web development concepts as well as with
+general GIS concepts.
+
+For development GeoNode can be run in a 'development environment'. In
+contrast to a 'production environment' development differs as it uses
+lightweight components to speed up things.
+
+To get you started have a look at the `Install
+instructions <#install>`__ which cover all what is needed to run GeoNode
+for development. Further visit the the `Developer
+workshop <http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/devel/index.html>`__
+for a basic overview.
+
+If you´re planning of customizing your GeoNode instance, or to extend
+it´s functionalities it´s not advisable to change core files in any
+case. In this case it´s common to use setup a `GeoNode Project
+Template <https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode-project>`__.
+
+Contributing
+------------
+
+GeoNode is an open source project and contributors are needed to keep
+this project moving forward. Learn more on how to contribute on our
+`Community
+Bylaws <https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/wiki/Community-Bylaws>`__.
+
+Roadmap
+-------
+
+GeoNode's development roadmap is documented in a series of GeoNode
+Improvement Projects (GNIPS). They are documented at GeoNode Wiki:
+https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/wiki/GeoNode-Improvement-Proposals.
+
+GNIPS are considered to be large undertakings which will add a large
+amount of features to the project. As such they are the topic of
+community dicussion and guidance. The community discusses these on the
+developer mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geonode-devel/
+
+Showcase
+--------
+
+A handful of other Open Source projects extend GeoNode’s functionality
+by tapping into the re-usability of Django applications. Visit our
+gallery to see how the community uses GeoNode: `GeoNode
+Showcase <http://geonode.org/gallery/>`__.
+
+The development community is very supportive of new projects and
+contributes ideas and guidance for newcomers.
+
+Most useful links
+-----------------
+
+
+**General**
+
+- Project homepage: https://geonode.org
+- Repository: https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode
+- Offical Demo: http://master.demo.geonode.org
+- GeoNode Wiki: https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/wiki
+- Issue tracker: https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode-project/issues
+
+    In case of sensitive bugs like security vulnerabilities, please
+    contact a GeoNode Core Developer directly instead of using issue
+    tracker. We value your effort to improve the security and privacy of
+    this project!
+
+**Related projects**
+
+- GeoNode Project: https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode-project
+- GeoNode at Docker: https://hub.docker.com/u/geonode
+- GeoNode OSGeo-Live: https://live.osgeo.org/en/
+
+
+**Support**
+
+- User Mailing List: https://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geonode-users
+- Developer Mailing List: https://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geonode-devel
+- Gitter Chat: https://gitter.im/GeoNode/general
+
+
+Licensing
+---------
+
+GeoNode is Copyright 2018 Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo).
+
+GeoNode is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+option) any later version. GeoNode is distributed in the hope that it
+will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
+warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+with GeoNode. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses.

setup.py

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 setup(name='GeoNode',
       version=__import__('geonode').get_version(),
       description="Application for serving and sharing geospatial data",
-      long_description=open('README').read(),
+      long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
       classifiers=[
           "Development Status :: 4 - Beta"],
       keywords='',