d6a2115c-5416-4524-a5cb-feb7ffa95e56 eng Govinda Joshi MENRIS, ICIMOD Sr. Cartographer/GIS Analyst 977-1-5003222 977-1-5003299 Khumaltar Lalitpur Kathmandu 3226 Nepal metadata@icimod.org 2008-05-09T15:30:02 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 Everest 1830 ICIMOD Metadata/ Data Server System using ArcIMS First The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) through its Mountain Environment and Natural Resources Information Systems (MENRIS) program has been focusing on GIS capacity building and networking of the national institutions in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region to promote the development of geographic information, its sharing and effective use of GIS and RS since early 1990. The development in Internet Mapping technology such as ESRI?s ArcIMS has leveraged the potential to publish geographic and associated information through the Internet. To take advantage of this, an integrated system - ICIMOD Metadata/Data Server System has been designed and developed with an aim to provide a platform to share databases and metadata residing in ICIMOD and its partners and stakeholders through the Internet. The system includes a metadata editor for customized entering and viewing metadata. The editor has been developed using Visual Basic and integrated within the ArcCatalog environment. It has an easy-to-use interface that is targeted to the groups in the region who need basic but relevant information. A custom XSL stylesheet has also been created to display the metadata information pertinent for MENRIS. The editor produces metadata compatible with FGDC XML format which can be viewed though the Internet browser as a client. Users can view the metadata using the MENRIS stylesheet or other default stylesheets within ArcCatalog such as FGDC, ESRI or Geography Network. Next, a metadata server has been defined. Within it, an ArcIMS 3.1 application has been developed to define information required by a prospective user to determine whether or not the particular geospatial data is available, and the means of accessing them on-line. A keyword search engine has also been made available to view the metadata and the associated data, where available. A major advantage of the system is to be able to use Internet browser as a client to view the metadata with the same look and feel of ArcCatalog, as they are in XML format and also access data on-line through ArcIMS 3.1 application. The system should help in organising, documenting will be realized when all ICIMOD partners in the region will join together to publish their data and metadata using the system. Such a network will make it possible for a user to know about any existing geographic information in the HKH region, an important step towards realising the vision of a Regional Geographic Informand sharing geographic data in the region. Its potential ation Infrastructure (RGII). Further, this can contribute to bridging the data gap in the region and aid in global data sharing initiatives such as Geography Network.Com and others. Basanta Shrestha MENRIS-ICIMOD MENRIS, Division Head 977-1-5003222 977-1-5003299 Khumaltar Lalitpur Kathmandu 3226 Nepal metadata@icimod.org Metadata, GI resources The content of this website can be accessed, printed and downloaded in an unaltered form (altered including being stretched, compressed, coloured or altered in any way so as to distort content from its original proportions or format) with copyright acknowledged, on a temporary basis for personal study that is not for a direct or indirect commercial use and any non-commercial use. Any content printed or downloaded may not be sold, licensed, transferred, copied or reproduced in whole or in part in any manner or in or on any media to any person without the prior written consent of the ICIMOD eng geoscientificInformation -180 180 -90 90 Mr. Govinda Joshi MENRIS-ICIMOD Sr. Cartographer/GIS Analyst 977-1-5003222 977-1-5003299 Khumaltar Lalitpur Kathmandu 3226 Nepal metadata@icimod.org http://arcsde.icimod.org.np:8080/geonetwork/srv/en/resources.get?id=1578&fname=ICIMOD_Metadata.pdf&access=private WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download ICIMOD_Metadata.pdf From Various Sources