Good GIS/Map Portal site?

[Ed McNierney]

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 


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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


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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 


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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
 
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