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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sorry... good point.
And I'm trying to come up with that definition myself as it's quite vague in
typical usage.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>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<SPAN class=754103717-28022005>-</SPAN><SPAN
class=754103717-28022005> or user-level </SPAN>access privileges.<SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Right now there are as
many opinions of what portals are as there are GIS people out there trying to
implement them. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks
again!<BR>Chris</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Ed McNierney [mailto:ed@topozone.com]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 28, 2005 10:37 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Chris Andrews;
MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Good
GIS/Map Portal site?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Chris -</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>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!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2> - Ed</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Ed McNierney<BR>President and Chief Mapmaker<BR>TopoZone.com /
Maps a la carte, Inc.<BR>73 Princeton Street, Suite 305<BR>North Chelmsford,
MA 01863<BR>ed@topozone.com<BR>(978) 251-4242 </FONT></P></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> UMN MapServer Users List
[mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Chris
Andrews<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 28, 2005 12:30 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Good
GIS/Map Portal site?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=338442717-28022005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey
folks,<BR><BR>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=338442717-28022005><FONT face=Arial size=2>A portal should be a
little more than just a map browser.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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size=2>Thanks!<BR>Chris</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN
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<DIV><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Andrews</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=338442717-28022005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Director of GIS
Solutions</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=338442717-28022005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Idea
Integration<BR>Denver, CO</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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