Abstract

Maine GeoLibrary Portal a Next Step in Enterprise GIS
Track: Spatial Data Infrastructure
Author(s): Christopher Kroot

The State of Maine GeoLibrary was created by legislation to provide a number of products and services. A primary service is the implementation of a Geographic Portal to provide registration, discovery and access to Internet-accessible Geographic Information Services (GIS) that provide geospatially referenced data, maps, and geospatially-enabled applications. The Board is comprised of stakeholders that represent the needs of all Maine citizens, governments, academic institutions, industry, NGO's, and others.

The Portal is a central piece of the Maine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) which follows the standards and guidelines of the NSDI. It will automatically harvest FGDC compliant metadata. Users shall also be able to manually enter metadata using Web forms, or upload XML files containing metadata to the Portal. The Portal shall employ Catalog Services and shall provide a common mechanism to classify, register, describe, search, maintain and access information about Distributed Geospatial Resources.

Christopher Kroot
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Station #### 17 , Ray Bldg AMHI Complex
Augusta , Maine 04333
United States
Phone: 2072876167
E-mail: christopher.kroot@maine.gov