TY - JOUR
T1 - Geographic information portals - A UK perspective
AU - Beaumont, Peter
AU - Longley, Paul A.
AU - Maguire, David J.
N1 - Funding Information:
http://www.opengis.org/docs/02-023r4.pdf . 39 which is supported by Ordnance Survey for the delivery of OS MasterMap TM . BS7666
PY - 2005/1
Y1 - 2005/1
N2 - This paper presents a review and interpretation of the development of geoportals in the United Kingdom. We describe the sources and levels of UK central government support for e-government, and the ways in which these have been used, alongside existing sources of spatial framework data, to develop geoportals. We then summarise the salient technical and organisational characteristics of geoportals that have been created at the local, regional and national scales, before assessing the state-of-play in the development of geoportals and evaluating future prospects.
AB - This paper presents a review and interpretation of the development of geoportals in the United Kingdom. We describe the sources and levels of UK central government support for e-government, and the ways in which these have been used, alongside existing sources of spatial framework data, to develop geoportals. We then summarise the salient technical and organisational characteristics of geoportals that have been created at the local, regional and national scales, before assessing the state-of-play in the development of geoportals and evaluating future prospects.
KW - E-government
KW - Geoportal
KW - Spatial data infrastructure
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=8344252835&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2004.05.010
DO - 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2004.05.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:8344252835
VL - 29
SP - 49
EP - 69
JO - Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
JF - Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
SN - 0198-9715
IS - 1
ER -