Books and White Papers

Books

• GIS Worlds: Creating Spatial Data Infrastructures
  by Ian Masser
  This book provides an overview of the developments that have taken place with SDI during the past 10–15 years.

Flyers

• Esri Geoportal Server [PDF]
• Esri Geoportal Server User Reference List [PDF]

White Papers

• How to Set Up Esri Geoportal Server 1.2.2 on Windows [PDF]
  This white paper provides set-by-step instructions for installing Esri Geoportal Server on an internal Windows server.
• How to Set Up Esri Geoportal Server on Linux [PDF]
  This white paper provides set-by-step instructions for installing Esri Geoportal Server on an internal Linux server; it shows how a geoportal can be fully implemented using only free and open source software. It requires little to no knowledge of Linux, but it does assume some comfort using computers in general.
• ArcGIS for INSPIRE [PDF]
  This document describes how Esri GIS software products and solutions align with the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE) vision for European geospatial information sharing and—more specifically—how they provide a technical foundation for activating that vision.
• Esri Geoportal Technology [PDF]
  This white paper introduces Esri's approach to the discovery and exchange of geospatial information on the Web and outlines the geospatial portal technology Esri has developed in that context.
• Creating and Maintaining a Geoportal—Management Considerations: Digital Magazine | PDF
  This white paper describes the level and breadth of management commitment required to install and maintain a Web-based ArcGIS for Server Geoportal extension portal for the discovery and exchange of geospatial information.

Articles

• Indonesia NSDI: One Map for the Nation
  ArcNews, Spring 2012
• Esri Geoportal Server 1.2 Supports MySQL THREDDS and More
  ArcNews, Spring 2012
• The Importance of Cartographic Design in the SDI Environment
  ArcUser, Winter 2012
• Open Source, Closed Source: Moving to the Middle
  ArcUser, Winter 2012
• NOAA Geoportal Speeds Data Discovery at National Climatic Data Center
  ArcNews, Spring 2011
• Open Source Technology and Esri
  ArcNews, Spring 2011
• OneGeology Geospatial Portal
  ArcNews Online, Fall 2010
• ArcGIS for Server Geoportal Extension Manages Geospatial Resources Enterprise-wide
  ArcNews, Summer 2009
• GEOSS GEO Portal
  ArcNews, Summer 2009

Podcasts

Esri's ArcGIS for Server Geoportal Extension
Marten Hogeweg, Esri's product manager for the ArcGIS for Server Geoportal extension, talks about how the Geoportal extension assists organizations by making geospatial data and services available over the Internet.

The GeoSUR Initiative
Eric Van Praag, regional coordinator of the GeoSUR Program, discusses the initiative to integrate and disseminate spatial data throughout South America.