MAKE GEOPORTALS GREAT AGAIN

Nadia Panchaud | @NadiaPanch | nadia.panchaud@ethz.ch ETH Zürich

GeoBeer #15 | Zürich 23.03.2017

CRITICAL FEATURES FOR SUCCESSFUL GEOPORTALS

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#1 Access to Content

http://pdokviewer.pdok.nl (22.03.2017)

https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil (15.06.2015)

BLM from http://mapbrief.com/2013/02/07/paralysis-of-choice-why-map-portals-dont-work-part-ii/

www.geoportail.lu https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr https://navigator.blm.gov

www.geoportail.lu https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr https://navigator.blm.gov

www.geoportail.lu https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr https://navigator.blm.gov

#1 Access to Content

Text searchThematic maps

Map of the week

“You might also like…”

#2 Powerful Text Search

http://mapbrief.com/2013/02/05/why-map-portals-dont-work-part-i/

http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/

Source: Bundesamt für Landestopografie https://map.geo.admin.ch/

Source: geodata4edu.ch portal (intern swiss universities) https://www.geodata4edu.ch

Source: Finnish geoportal http://www.paikkatietoikkuna.fi

#2 Powerful Text Search

autocomplete

datasets (topics)

places(location)

alternatives

all in one boxstructured results

#3 Navigation

Source: Atlas Okolja -Slovenia http://gis.arso.gov.si

Source: Land Board Estonia http://xgis.maaamet.ee

Source: Bayern Atlas https://geoportal.bayern.de

Source: Bundesamt für Landestopografie https://map.geo.admin.ch/

#3 Navigation

intuitive

fast

double-click = zoom

drag

continuous zooming

#4 The Power of No

http://mapbrief.com/2013/02/11/the-tyranny-of-requirements-why-map-portals-dont-work-part-iii/

http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/

http://mapbrief.com/2013/02/19/an-iconography-of-confusion-why-map-portals-dont-work-part-iv/

https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil (14.06.2015)

Source: Bundesamt für Landestopografie https://map.geo.admin.ch/

Source: Géoportail https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr

#4 The Power of No

clean, simple interface

hide power functions away

no endless toolbox of “mysterious” icons

http://mapbrief.com/2013/02/11/the-tyranny-of-requirements-why-map-portals-dont-work-part-iii/

#5 Maps, maps, maps :-)

quality & diversitymashup & export

access to data & services

mobile and tablet access

GEOPORTALS FIRST, BOTS SECOND, BEER FOR ALL

Nadia Panchaud | @NadiaPanch | nadia.panchaud@ethz.ch

GeoBeer #15 | Zürich 23.03.2017