where does the “geo” fit ?

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Where does the “Geo” fit ?

“Portal 101” Seminar

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Outline

Where does the ‘Geo’ Fit?

• ‘Geo’ is the Portal site (a.k.a. GIS Portal, GeoPortal)

• “Geo” in Portal sites

• “Geo” supports Portal sites

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‘Geo’ is the Portal Site

Portal

Public Web

EnterpriseCorporate

Marketspace

B2B B2CMegaPortals

VerticalPortals

PartnerPortals

Intranet Internet Complete

Hierarchy of Portal Types derived from: Ovum's taxonomy of portals

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A GeoPortal Definition(?)

• Enterprise Portal, a framework for integrating information, applications, and processes across organizational boundaries

therefore

• GeoPortal, a framework for integrating information, products, applications, and services across organizational boundariesgeospatial

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GeoPortal Advantages

• Search & Discovery Finding the geospatial information you need in many

ways from many sources

• Collaboration Connecting geospatial information suppliers to users

• Categorization Organizing geospatial content into channels that

people commonly use

• Aggregation Composing live maps from many distributed web map

services

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GeoPortal Value Proposition

• To improve the relationships between end-users, partners, and suppliers of geospatial information

• To improve the quality of service provided to end-users and partners

• To improve operational efficiency by stimulating self-service

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GeoPortal Sites

• Generic GeoPortal sites Geospatial One-Stop Operational Portal Arkansas Geographic Information Office

• Specialized GeoPortal sites Alabama Emergency Management Agency Conservation GeoPortal

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Arkansas GeoStor Portal

My Map•intersection

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GeoConnections Discovery Portal

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End-User

• One Stop Shopping Map Making Searching and Finding Acquiring and Using

• Personalization - geospatial style My Favourite Maps My Favourite Searches My Points of Interest My Noted Places

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‘Geo’in Portal Sites

Portal

Public Web

EnterpriseCorporate

Marketspace

B2B B2CMegaPortals

YahooExciteInfoSeeketc

VerticalPortals

Geospatial One StopConservation GeoPortal

Hierarchy of Portal Types derived from: Ovum's taxonomy of portals

PartnerPortals

Intranet Internet Complete

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Per Portal Architecture

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‘Geo’in Portal Sites

• Interactive Map Portlet Integrated

service

Map Services Google Yahoo MapQuest

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‘Geo’in Portal Sites

• Mashup Map Portlet GeoRSS feed Map service

withsupportingmashup API

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‘Geo’in Portal Sites

• Interactive Maps in IFrame Portlet Interfaced

presentation Self-contained

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‘Geo’ supports Portal Sites

Portal

Public Web

EnterpriseCorporate

Marketspace

B2B B2CMegaPortals

VerticalPortals

PartnerPortals

Intranet Internet Complete

Hierarchy of Portal Types derived from: Ovum's taxonomy of portals

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Per Portal Architecture

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‘Geo’ supports Portal Sites

• At the Content Management Layer Technologies that support the publishing,

management and retrieval of information

• Opportunities: Support a user-defined geographic constraint to

searches performed against structured or unstructured sources [ keyword(s) + bounding box ]

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‘Geo’ supports Portal Sites

• At the Identity Layer Technologies that support the personalization of

content and presentation to the needs of each user

• Opportunities: Filter pertinent news/information to one’s registered

Area-Of-Interest (AOI)

Alerts - automatic email delivery of public notices relevant to one’s registered Area-Of-Interest (AOI)

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‘Geo’ supports Portal Sites

• At the Integration Layer Technologies used to integrate the portal with the rest

of the technology infrastructure

• Opportunities: spatial adapters to

providegeo-validation services

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‘Geo’ supports Portal Sites

• At the Management Layer Technologies supporting the management of the portal

and understanding its usage

• Opportunities: Business Intelligence

• Where are the users from ?

• What are the areas of interest?

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Summary

• GIS Technology is very pertinent to Portal implementations

• GeoPortals are poised to be the next generation online presence for partnerships

• GeoPortals in advance of a Corporate eGov Portal is possible and can be strategic

• End-user value of GIS technology is likely most perceived at the presentation layer

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Contact Information

Duncan RoweYork Region Geomatics

905.830.4444 x1542duncan.rowe@york.ca