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Publishing
Publish Your Content
The Geography Network Canada provides
access to a wide range of geographic content from static
map images to dynamic map services, from downloadable data
to data clearinghouses. If you have geographic content that
you are interested in sharing with others, we invite you
to join us as part of the Geography Network Canada. By joining,
you can:
- Gain worldwide exposure.
- Promote access to and understanding
of geographic information.
- Enhance the value of your content
by integrating it with other sources.
- Generate traffic and revenue.
Join the Geography Network Canada
There are two ways to provide content
through the Geography Network Canada.
- Publish map services using an
Internet mapping system that users can view online and/or
download.
- Publish links to geographic data
and maps that users can access and download from the Internet.
How to Publish
To Publish a Map Service
- First, create a map service implemented
with an Internet Map Server that speaks one of the languages
used by the Geography Network Canada -- either ArcXML
or WMS. This can be done using ESRI's ArcIMS or other
Internet Map Server software that understands either ArcXML
or WMS.
- Use your Internet Map Server
(IMS) software to author and publish map services with
your geographic data. A map service can contain a single
data layer (e.g., parcels, streets, or imagery) or a collection
of complementary data layers. You design the precise map
content that you want others to see and publish it as
an image, feature, or data service.
- Then, register
as a publisher on the Geography Network Canada. You will
be asked to fill out a basic profile on your organization
for inclusion in the Current
Publishers list.
- Finally, publish links to your
content with descriptive information to help users find
and evaluate your offerings.
Your publisher profile and content descriptions
are always available for you to update as needed. Your profile
and descriptions are reviewed and then become part of the
Geography Network Canada.
More Information
To learn more about how to publish content
on the Geography Network, please refer to the ESRI white
paper How
to Participate in the Geography Network [PDF-154
KB].
See our FAQs to learn how to use
ArcCatalog to publish metadata to the Geography Network
Canada.
For questions about joining the Geography
Network Canada as a publisher, please contact
us.
Register
today!
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