What is a Geoportal?
A geoportal is a web application offered by an organization which offers an Standard access to its own geoinformation by means of WMS Client (viewer) and also to other geoinformation available from the network of web MAP Servers to which the SDI allows to connect. It can include a Catalogue of meta data related to its own geodata.
Most of the partners will be able to create a Geoportal, that means to allow accessibility to their information by the WMS/WFS services through their own WMSClient, which includes the availability to connect to other external data sources, local or international, to be merged and combined with their own data.
- Web Map Server with OGC WMS services to allow data visualization.
- Downloading services, to make data available.
- Web Map Server with OGC WMS/WFS/WCS services to make data&services available.
- WMS Client (view, download the provider geoinformation).
- WMS Client to access to external data sources.
- Metadata of data and metadata of services.
- Web site of the Geoportal.
Metadata can be stored in an appropriate own Catalogue or be managed in an external Catalogue (for example, the Global SDI PEGASO Catalogue)
