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Subject: RE: The Open Geoportal - Tufts
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 16:01:17 +0000
From: Florance, Patrick <[log in to unmask]>
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Oh and we’re still working out some issues on Google Chrome. Firefox is
best for now! Sorry.
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*Subject:* The Open Geoportal - Tufts
Hi,
I just wanted to let everyone know that Tufts instance of The Open
Geoportal is live. We still have a bit of work to do, but please feel
free to check it out and let us know what you think and if you are
interested in partnering in some way. Just zoom in on the map and/or use
the keyword to find data and maps. We will be focusing on pushing a ton
of international and domestic data in the next few months.
http://geodata.tufts.edu/
Here’s a blurb about The Open Geoportal:
Many organizations and institutions are developing large spatial data
repositories. Discovering and accessing these data sets pose many
challenges. As a result, Tufts and Harvard are collaboratively
developing an open source, federated web application to discover,
preview, and retrieve geospatial data as part of global and national
spatial data infrastructure. The Open Geoportal combines an intuitive,
map-based search interface along with traditional text-based metadata
search tools for rapid data discovery. It is comprised of several
universities and organizations and makes thousands of geospatial data
layers available through a single open source interface; partners
include Harvard, MIT, MassGIS, Princeton, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA,
Yale, University of Wisconsin, USAID, UConn, University of Georgia/State
of Georgia, UC Santa Barbara. Built on open source technology, The Open
Geoportal provides organizations the opportunity to share geospatial
data, maps, metadata, and development resources through a single common
interface. Key open source components include Geoserver, Open Layers,
Solr/Lucene, GeoWebCache, jQuery, etc.
More information can be found here: http://opengeoportal.org
Thank you for your time,
Patrick
Patrick Florance
Manager of Geospatial Technology Services, (AT-UIT)
Adjunct Lecturer Fletcher School of International Law & Diplomacy
Tufts University
16 Dearborn Rd.
Somerville, MA, USA 02144
phone: 617.627.4235
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http://gis.tufts.edu
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