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Geoportal Documentation

Geoportal in 5 minutes

This guide will walk you through how to use the Geoportal with a simple example. We will create a Portal Item for a Geosite as a Map Data Product.

In this guide, we will:

  1. Create an Account
  2. Create a Portal Collection for Geosites
  3. Create a Portal Item for a new Geosite
  4. View your Geosite in the Geoportal
  5. Link your Geosite to other Portal Items
  6. Update your Geosite with new geometry and a time frame

1. Create an Account

Section titled “1. Create an Account”

Create an account or login.

A new geoportal will be created for you during account registration.

Personal accounts are currently limited to 1 geoportal per account.

2. Create a Portal Collection for Geosites.

Section titled “2. Create a Portal Collection for Geosites.”

Navigate to the Portal Collections page.

Click the “Create Portal Collection” button.

Fill in the form:

  • Title: “Geosites”
  • Description: “A collection of geosites.”

Click the “Create” button.

This should automatically redirect you to the new Portal Collection page.

3. Create a Portal Item for a new Geosite.

Section titled “3. Create a Portal Item for a new Geosite.”

Navigate to the Portal Items page.

Click the “Create Portal Item” button.

Select “.geojson” as the file type. Select the “Geosites” collection as the parent collection.

Fill in the form:

  • Title: “San Francisco”
  • Description: “A geosite for San Francisco.”
  • Feature: “Feature”
  • Bounding Box: “123.456, 78.901, 123.456, 78.901”
  • Time Frame: “2026-01-01 to 2026-01-01”
  • Ignore the links for now.

Click the “Create” button.

This should automatically redirect you to the new Portal Item page.

3. View your Geosite in the Geoportal.

Section titled “3. View your Geosite in the Geoportal.”

Navigate to the Portal Items page.

You should see your new Geosite in the list. Click on the Geosite to view the Portal Item page.

The Portal Item page contains an overview of the Map Data Product metadata.

Here you should also see a map view of the Geosite. Since this Map Data Product is a GeoJSON file, it will be displayed in the map.

Section titled “4. Link your Geosite to other Portal Items.”

One of the most powerful features of the Geoportal is the ability to link Portal Items together. This allows you to create a network of Map Data Products that are related to each other.

Navigate to this Geosite’s Portal Item page.

TODO: complete this section.

5. Update your Geosite with new geometry and a time frame.

Section titled “5. Update your Geosite with new geometry and a time frame.”

TODO: complete this section.