{"id":801,"date":"2025-07-23T15:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/?p=801"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:37:14","slug":"geospatial-metadata-new-feature-in-the-research-repository","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/2025\/07\/geospatial-metadata-new-feature-in-the-research-repository\/","title":{"rendered":"Geospatial metadata &#8211; new feature in the Research Repository"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new metadata field has been added to items created* in our Research Repository: geospatial metadata. This feature allows researchers to geolocate where the research took place, providing another dimension to understanding the item and potentially increasing its reuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/image.png\" rel=\"lightbox[801]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"967\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/image.png 1000w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/image-300x290.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/image-768x743.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/info.figshare.com\/user-guide\/how-to-add-geospatial-metadata\/\">Read more on how to make use of this feature<\/a>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contact <a href=\"mailto:RDM@lboro.ac.uk\">RDM@lboro.ac.uk<\/a> if you&#8217;d like a quick demo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>* This feature is not available for items submitted via LUPIN. If you would like to add geospatial metadata to your publications, please contact <a href=\"mailto:RDM@lboro.ac.uk\">RDM@lboro.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new metadata field has been added to items created* in our Research Repository: geospatial metadata. This feature allows researchers to geolocate where the research took place, providing another dimension to understanding the item and potentially increasing its reuse. * This feature is not available for items submitted via LUPIN. If you would like to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":720,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"lboro_blog_alternative_thumbnail_image":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/720"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":804,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801\/revisions\/804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}