Geoportal and Web Map Server of
the Estonian Land Board
17th Conference of the LIBER Groupe des Cartothécaires, Estonia 1519 June 2010
Kristian Teiter
Introduction
• Estonian Land Board is a National
Mapping and Cadastral Agency
• Governmental institution
• 279 employees
Our goal
• To make land related information available
to public
Geoportal
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Gateway to land related information
Available to public from December 2009
Content is Land Board centric
Services, maps and data (metadata), map
server
Geoportal
Web Map Server
• Web Map Server was created for
publishing land related data (maps,
cadastral data, etc)
• In 2001 first map application were made
available for public
• In 2008 first WMS service were made
available for public
Web Map Server
• Web Map Server is consisting of different
web map applications and services
• Some applications and services are public,
some are “targeted applications”, made for
special user groups and co-operation
partners
Public applications
• Usage of the public applications and
services is free of charge for everybody
• No payment
• No login, no username, no password
• Just open the application and use it
Targeted applications
• Access is restricted
• Login in necessary
• Certain user groups have rights to use
certain services (co-operation partners
from public sector)
How to access
• Public Web Map Server in English is available:
http://geoportaal.maaamet.ee/eng/
• Public WMS service containing our maps is
available:
http://xgis.maaamet.ee/wms-pub/alus-geo?
• You can view our maps and cadastral data using
Google Earth, KMZ fail can be downloaded at:
http://geoportaal.maaamet.ee/docs/WMS/maaxa
met_wms_geo.kmz
Land information application
Land information application
Land information application
Land information application
Land information application
Land information application
Historical maps
Historical maps
Historical Maps
Historical Maps
Historical Maps
Historical Maps
Historical Maps
Historical Maps
Geological Maps (bedrock geology)
Soil Map
Detail plan management
Usage
• 0.5 million different computers (different IP
addresses) were using xgis.maaamet.ee
every month
• WMS service is satisfying more than 2,3
million queries every month
Thank you!
Kristian.Teiter@maaamet.ee