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+ | ====== 2. General information ====== | ||
+ | ====== 2.1 Scope ====== | ||
+ | This document is targeted at the general public using the geoportal, i.e. all the non identified users who access the geoportal to view maps and product informations. The according functions are explained in the following chapters. | ||
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+ | ====== 2.2 Conditions for using the geoportal ====== | ||
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+ | Please consider the following when using the geoportal: | ||
+ | * In general the latest versions of the following internet navigators and OS are supported : | ||
+ | * MOZILLA (MAC OS, WINDOWS, LINUX) | ||
+ | * FIREFOX (MAC OS, WINDOWS, LINUX) | ||
+ | * EXPLORER (WINDOWS) | ||
+ | * SAFARI (MAC OS) | ||
+ | * Internet access via: http:// | ||
+ | * Several functions are reserved to authenticated users : the eShop, the OGC compliant webservices and the providers' | ||
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+ | ====== 2.3 General architecture of the geoportail ====== | ||
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+ | The following picture illustrates the overall architecture of the geoportal, with the general user entering via a standard internet browser. | ||
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+ | The system consists of different parts, whereof the **Portal** is the central element. \\ | ||
+ | For all types of users, the Portal is the access point for the different functions. \\ | ||
+ | They can use the mapping tool to vizualize maps and other geodata or get general information or details about the different products that can be ordered via the system. If they have an own user account they can send orders. \\ | ||
+ | Next to the Portal is the section of the " | ||
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+ | ====== 2.4 General view of the geoportal ====== | ||
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+ | The geoportal home page actually looks like this: | ||
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+ | The general public user can always access the information section and use the functions in the sections "Maps and Products" | ||
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+ | All the functions of the mapping tool are explained in this manual. | ||
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+ | The button "Our Products" | ||
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+ | In the section "Ask a question", | ||
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+ | With the button "Ask a question", | ||
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+ | An **authenticated user** (login, password) can access to other functions that are adapted following his personal rights and permissions in the system. | ||
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+ | In every case, he can use functions to | ||
+ | * send orders of the products available to him, | ||
+ | * manage his orders in the menu " | ||
+ | * view his orders in the order archive under " | ||
+ | In this case, he has the status " | ||
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+ | If he has other further going rights in the system, like | ||
+ | * the right to use the OGC web services to integrate geodata in his local GIS system, | ||
+ | * the right to view and use special geodata not available to the general public, | ||
+ | * the right to create and manage his own subordinate accounts, | ||
+ | he becomes **" | ||
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+ | If the user is a geodata and product provider of the geoportal, he has access to the special functions reserved for the providers: | ||
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+ | As a geodata and product provider, the user is enabled to : | ||
+ | * **Handle the orders**: directly in the Portal, he can handle incoming orders by changing the order status, type informations and prices, and upload files to be retrieved by the customers. | ||
+ | * **Manage the products**: in the Portal the provider creates the products he wants to offer, or whose existence he wants to publish. | ||
+ | * **Create metadata**: the provider has to create and update the metadata about his products, i.e. the information about the products' | ||
+ | * find old orders in the geoportal " | ||
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+ | | //**Note :**// The contents of this manual can in no case imply obligations of service delivery or guarantee from ACT or other geoportal providers! | |