Good GIS/Map Portal site?

[Rick Levine]

This from the mapserver homepage:

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/compass.html

A few clicks from the homepage:

http://www2.dmsolutions.on.ca/gmap/gmap75.phtml

hth

Rick


                                                                                                                                          
                      Ed McNierney                                                                                                        
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Chris -

Thanks for the clarification!  I usually think of a "map portal" as a
directory/index/gateway to multiple map sites.  It sounds like you're
looking for integrated sites that combine maps with other forms of related
information.  Time to put on my thinking cap (or browsing beanie, I
suppose)!

    - Ed


Ed McNierney
President and Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
North Chelmsford, MA  01863
ed at topozone.com
(978) 251-4242



From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
Behalf Of Chris Andrews
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 12:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Good GIS/Map Portal site?

Ed

Sorry... good point. And I'm trying to come up with that definition myself
as it's quite vague in typical usage.

A GIS portal is possibly described as a site that is maintained by a single
organization or company that may offer public and internal users access to
maps, information, reports, applications, and feedback pertaining to a
specific domain or business function.  The information and tools accessible
to the user may be customized or constrained by role- or user-level access
privileges.

For example, an airline map-based portal might have four different roles of
users: general public, logged in users, frequent flyers, and various levels
of internal corporate users.  You might have access to flight reservations,
a map of your flight history, reports differentiating business vs. personal
travel, frequent flyer credit card information, billing information, etc.

Right now there are as many opinions of what portals are as there are GIS
people out there trying to implement them.  I am very interested to see
what folks think are good examples of GIS portals and I’m always hoping the
open source community has some good leads.

Thanks again!
Chris



From: Ed McNierney [mailto:ed at topozone.com]
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 10:37 AM
To: Chris Andrews; MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: RE: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Good GIS/Map Portal site?

Chris -

I don't mean to sound dense, but if you can define "portal" a little better
it will be easier for us to help.  What exactly are you looking for?  "a
little more than just a map browser" doesn't tell us much, because it
probably includes lots of things you don't want.  Thanks!

     - Ed


Ed McNierney
President and Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
North Chelmsford, MA  01863
ed at topozone.com
(978) 251-4242



From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
Behalf Of Chris Andrews
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 12:30 PM
To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Good GIS/Map Portal site?

Hey folks,

Does anyone know of a good GIS or Map portal site (besides the GOMOOS site
in Maine... I've already referenced them).  I just need another example to
speak about in an article.  Preferrably, I'd like some suggestions by
tomorrow or Wed at the latest.

A portal should be a little more than just a map browser.

Thanks!
Chris


Chris Andrews
Director of GIS Solutions
Idea Integration
Denver, CO