Geo Portal
Try it out:
http://geolibportal.maine.gov
- A primary service of the Maine GeoLibrary Board is the implementation
of a Geographic Portal to provide registration, discovery and access
to internet-accessible Geographic Information Systems (GIS) that provide
geospatially referenced data, maps, and geospatially-enabled applications.
It will automatically harvest FGDC compliant metadata . The Board
is comprised of stakeholders that represent the needs of all Maine
citizens, governments, academic institutions, industry, NGO's, and
others.
- The Maine GeoLibrary Portal is a central piece of the Maine Spatial
Data Infrastructure (MSDI) which follows the standards and guidelines
of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).
- Users will be able to manually enter/create metadata using Web
forms, or upload XML files containing metadata to the Portal. The
Portal shall employ Catalog Services and shall provide a common mechanism
to classify, register, describe, search, maintain and access information
about Distributed Geospatial Resources.
- This will enable users to type in a word such as wetlands and find
a description of all data and services registered with the portal
on wetlands. Users will be able to view the data if a web mapping
service (WMS) exists. They will be able to download the data if they
choose.
- The Portal will enable the upload of shape files which will be
stored in an open source database and a WMS will be created on the
fly and displayed in the Portal map viewer. This will enable Maine
citizens, local governments, academic institutions, industry, NGO's,
and others who do not have web servers to provide their geographic
data for viewing and download.
- The Portal will enable clip, zip functionality. When a user is
viewing data this function will enable them to download only the data
that is in the viewing area. The Portal will have a separate area
where users may download entire datasets.
- The Portal has a significant amount of additional functionality
that will be available, this list is a summary of some of most important
functions.
The Portal is being developed in stages:
The first stage is expected to be on-line by the end of June, 2008,
items 1-4.
The second stage is expected to be completed in the Winter of 2008,
items 5-6.
