Creating Geoportals using Esri's Open Source Geoportal Server

Marten Hogeweg @martenhogeweg

Esri Open Source? #whatsupwiththat

You’d Better Get Used to Esri Open Source

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Although… You Already Are!

Esri Geoportal Server

Esri Geoportal Server Enabling discovery and use of geospatial resources in heterogeneous environments

• Search and view geospatial resources • Manage, publish, and store metadata • View live map services • Download data

Esri Geoportal Server – Open Source

• Released under Apache 2.0 license (October 2010) • Available on SourceForge

- Code - Documentation - Releases - Community

• No requirement for other ArcGIS Software • Optional technical support from Esri • 19,899 downloads

- 150 countries, - 70% outside US

Use Case: “I want to find data …”

Solution: • Simple keyword Search • Spatial search • Federated Search • Advanced options

for experts • Smart matching

and ranking • Thesaurus Service • Search results are simple to

understand… yet contain detail for power users

Use Case: “I don’t want to search though…”

Solution: • Analogous to Department Store • Implementer Organizes Hierarchy • Based on Metadata Content • Filter/Paginate Within Category • Classification and Relationships

Use Case: “I want to make a map …”

Solution: • Preview services:

- ArcGIS Server Map Services

- ArcIMS Image Services

- OGC WMS, SOS

- GeoRSS

- KML

• Provide integration points for map viewer platforms - ArcGIS.com Viewer

- JavaScript, Flex, Silverlight

- ArcGIS Desktop ArcMap

- ArcGIS Explorer

Use Case: “I want to download data …”

Solution: - Select area - Select data - Set options - Deliver download link

through email

• Based on Clip-Zip-Ship Service

• Extensible in Python

Use Case: “I want to share my resource…”

Solution: - Register Servers or Services

Directly - Create metadata online - Upload metadata - Register catalog service for

harvesting

• Support metadata standards: - INSPIRE - North American Profile - Dublin Core - Configurable

Use Case: “Is new data is available…?”

Solution: • User specifies search criteria • Give user link to a GeoRSS feed • User subscribes to GeoRSS feed • Bookmark searches in the browser

Use Case: “Is my resource is available…?”

Solution: • Monitor Services • Verify Implementation

• Performance and

Scalability:

• FGDC Service Status Checker: http://registry.fgdc.gov/statuschecker/

http://resources.esri.com/enterprisegis/index.cfm?fa=performance.main

Discover Access

Evaluate Federated Search

SPARQL Faceted Search

OpenSearch

DEMO

ArcGIS Portal or Geoportal Server?

Can we get some direction please?

There’s a Time and Place for Everything

From Tweeting…

To ISO19139 Metadata

Brief Metadata is Sufficient

Verbose Metadata is Desired Limited User Community: GIS Specialist

Large User Community: General Users Tagging, Dublin Core, …

ISO 19139, FGDC, Profiles

Coming Soon: Geoportal Server and ArcGIS

• Search ArcGIS Portals from Geoportals • Full Metadata:

- ArcGIS Portal Items - ArcGIS Server services

• Extensions to ArcGIS Portals/ArcGIS.com - OGC CS-W Interface to ArcGIS Portal - Standards-based Metadata Editor - Register Resource with ArcGIS Portal - Synchronize between portals

Search ArcGIS Online from Geoportal Search Geoportal from ArcGIS Portal

ArcGIS Portal Metadata Integration ArcGIS Server Metadata Integration

DEMO

Famous Last Words

Because You Never Know…

Product Goals for 2012

• Increase User Participation and Contribution - NEW: geoportal-support@lists.sourceforge.net

• Improve Usability Based on YOUR feedback • Open Code Base for Committers ‘The Apache Way’:

- collaborative software development - commercial-friendly standard license - consistently high quality software - respectful, honest, technical-based interaction - faithful implementation of standards - security as a mandatory feature

Community Contributions Welcome

Users

Esri

Moderate

Manage

Develop

Forum

Documentation

Source Code

Esri Geoportal Server

Contributors

Committers

Community

Geoportal Server Roadmap

• Version 1.1 – April 2011 - Enhanced ISO/INSPIRE metadata editor

• Version 1.1.1 – June 2011 - Enhanced FGDC metadata editor and documentation

• Version 1.2 – December 2011 - WMS and OpenStreetMap search map - Collections - MySQL support - Schematron metadata validation - THREDDS harvesting

• Next - ArcGIS Online integration - ArcGIS Server integration - ebRIM, Feature Data Dictionary, Feature Catalog support - Enhanced WMTS, SOS, WPS support - Faceted search

Questions?