NEW - Conservation GeoPortal. A Conservation Commons Innitiative

The Conservation Geoportal is a collaborative effort by and for the conservation community to facilitate the discovery and publishing of geographic information systems (GIS) data and maps, to support conservation decisionmaking and education. It is primarily a data catalog, intended to provide a comprehensive listing of GIS data sets and map services relevant to biodiversity conservation. The Conservation Geoportal does not actually store maps and data, but rather the descriptions and links to those resources, known as "metadata."

It includes the following capabilities:

• Search for data and maps by keyword, category, geography, or time period
• Save your search queries for future use
• Use the built-in Map Viewer to display, manipulate, and combine live map services
• Create, save, and email custom maps using data from various map services
• Publish metadata for your maps and data so others can find them

Webpage: http://www.conservationmaps.org/index.jsp

Best,

Jorge Brenner