INSIDE Idaho welcomes
all hosted and virtual data submissions. Once submitted, you can provide the
public efficient access to
your data through a geospatial data library via the Internet.
Data available through INSIDE Idaho will be highly visible to GIS users in the research, academic,
public, and private sectors. Furthermore, INSIDE Idaho is a node on
Geospatial One Stop. INSIDE Idaho staff will aid data contributors in the creation of
FGDC-compliant metadata if necessary.You may make your data available
through INSIDE Idaho by either:
- Sending your data and metadata to INSIDE Idaho for hosting on an
INSIDE Idaho server.
- Providing INSIDE Idaho with URL's to data that are located on your
HTTP/FTP-configured machine. This virtual option requires at
minimum:
- A URL to an FGDC-compliant metadata record for each item in
XML format. [For example: http://www.myserver.com/dataset1.xml].
- A URL to the item. For downloadable data the item needs
to be in an archived format (.zip or .tgz or other) [For example:
http://www.myserver.com/dataset1.zip]. If your item is a
map or web application the link can be to the image (i.e.
http://www.myserver.com/map.pdf)
Either option will allow users to locate resources through one
unified interface.
If you are interested in having your data served, please contact Bruce
Godfrey for further instructions. |
