Is Geoportal still alive and well?

Dixie_MDavis

Hi. 

I would like to know if ESRI plans to continue developing Geoportal?  I am looking to implement some sort of visual catalog/directory for spatial data, services and apps.  I see that the Geoportal project in GitHub has not been updated since 2017.  I know there are other opensource solutions available like GeoNode and GeoNetwork, but I would like to know where ESRI is planning to go with this sort of site.   

Thanks for any help one can provide, Dixie.

TilmannSteinmetz2

Hi Dixie, seeing that there hasn't been a reply in a few weeks I thought I'd comment quickly with what I know:

I believe you must have looked at the "old" version of geoportal-server in github (a Version 1.x) whereas new development is going on for the newer version (a Version 2.x) - see screenshot from Github below.

We've recently installed both versions and my understanding is that both are functional, though the 'recommended' install would be the Version 2. There are fundamental differences between the two, both in terms of technology and look and feel, but the most fundamental (to me at least) appears to be that the newer incarnation of Geoportal is more "modular" than the previous one: you'll see below that installs are available for "Geoportal-server-catalog" as well as for "geoportal-server-harvester" - so the two can be installed and used in isolation from each other.

We've previously used the Geoportal Clients for ArcMap 10.6.1 which work for Geoportal Version 1.x though not for Version 2.x at the moment- we've been told that a new version of the clients is soon to be available (and we're also hoping that it will be available for ArcGIS Pro).

In short, I believe, the answer to your question is "yes". Esri have also been good at providing some advice around installation and configuration when we got in touch with them about this.

Tilmann