Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2012
Volume
36
Issue
1
Journal
IASSIST Quarterly
First Page
6
URL with Digital Object Identifier
https://iassistquarterly.com/index.php/iassist/article/view/613
Last Page
15
Abstract
The need to support and promote the use of geospatial data and available collections has grown at Ontario Universities in recent years. These data, along with numeric data collections, are used to enhance research and expand the skill set of students graduating from a broad array of disciplines. Providing access to these types of data collections has proven challenging, and access points available to large groups of people inside academia, in government and public domains have been made possible through online portal implementations. The defined need for a geospatial portal at Ontario Universities is outlined in the first part of this paper, followed by components of the Geospatial Portal Project vision and specific requirements and technical aspects of the project. How metadata is handled is also discussed, as is the implementation of the portal’s web application. Additional project components include health data collections that are available to researchers and which could be used in conjunction with the portal. Finally, project governance and future growth beyond the Ontario user base are also discussed.
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Notes
IASSIST Quarterly is a peer-reviewed, indexed, open access quarterly publication of articles dealing with social science information and data services.
Also available open access at: https://iassistquarterly.com/pdfs/iqvol36_1_trimble.pdf