The Geoportal Server 1.2 now supports MySQL and PostgreSQL 9.1
NOAA and the Geoportal
This ArcNews article describes how NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) uses Esri's geoportal technology to make its geospatial data available to scientists and users all around the world.
At ArcGIS 10, the Geoportal extension provides a number of new enhancements and functionality.
ArcGIS for Server Geoportal extension 10 enhances the user's experience when searching, discovering, and using GIS data registered with a geoportal.
Federated searching allows users to search multiple catalogs registered with the geoportal at once.
ArcGIS Search Services generates a searchable index of your organization's GIS content that is stored on the local network. The Geoportal extension 10 allows your users to access and use the search service directly from the geoportal.
Registered users can now provide feedback on the quality and usefulness of a resource by adding ratings and comments. These ratings and comments will showcase the value of your resources. Your geoportal much more active and alive by nurturing the growth of an active and interactive user community.
ArcGIS for Server 10 includes an improved clip and ship geoprocessing tool. The Geoportal extension allows you to take advantage of this new tool when customizing data downloads.
ArcGIS for Server Geoportal extension 10 enhances the data publisher's experience by simplifying the registration of metadata documents.
The Harvesting Tool and Harvesting Service from earlier versions of the Geoportal extension have been replaced with server-side synchronization. When a resource is registered with the geoportal, the geoportal will regularly, frequently, and automatically check the resource for changes and update the geoportal catalog.
In this new era of cloud computing, virtual communities, and crowdsourcing, GIS architectures need the flexibility to be more open, interoperable, and interconnected.
Support for the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has been extended with the ISO Application profile and INSPIRE Discovery service.
INSPIRE metadata support has been enhanced to meet INSPIRE's diverse and evolving needs.
The Geoportal extension now supports OpenID for user authentication in addition to LDAP and single-user administration.
At ArcGIS 10, the list of supported platforms for the Geoportal extensions expands to the following:
