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7.3 Geoportal
From the outside user point of view the most useful tool is the geoportal, installed
temporarily at http://levis-map.sggw.pl/geoportal_biebrza. This tool was created based on
ESRI's product called Geoportal Extension cooperating closely with ArcGIS Server (ESRI,
2011). It is divided into five tabs: home, search (Fig. 6), browse, download, interactive map
(Fig. 7) all prepared in two language versions (Polish and English). Data can be viewed in a
thematic directory, located in the Browse tab. The Download tab is used to send data from
selected areas by mail. However the Interactive Map tab allows to view resources, which
includes information about location and basic characteristics for particular research. This tab
also provides access to photographic documentation (in the format 3-D) of the studies
carried out in strict nature reserves, inaccessible for tourists.
Additionally the portal has functions of registration for new users, which extends their
rights for input description (metadata) of the research carried on the area of BNP. To the
special features of this webpage, one can edit and search the metadata in a format
compatible with the European Commission (EC) INSPIRE Directive (EC, 2007). Future plans
for the geoportal is to add two new tabs: Mobile Applications and Scenario. The Mobile
Applications will be used to download on PDA forms while the Scenario tab will querying
the system in order to obtain answers to various scenarios.
Fig. 6. Geoportal search metadata tab
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