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The Portal

Every map, layer and file. One home.

Everything your organization makes in OrbGIS — maps, layers, dashboards, PDFs — is an item in the Portal. Upload it, file it, find it, share it. Un-delete it when someone gets bin-happy.

The OrbGIS content browser with folders, item cards and the recycle bin

The content browser — folders, typed item cards, search and the recycle bin

What it is.

The Portal is the content backbone of OrbGIS. Web maps, layers, tables, dashboards, Journeys, print layouts, plain documents — 28 item types, all with the same card, the same tags, the same detail page. Browse them in folders, filter by type and tag, sort and search, and flip between grid and list. Drag a card onto a folder and it moves. Select a whole page and move, download or bin it in one go.

Getting data in is a drop. The upload dialog takes all the common geodata formats — Shapefile, GeoPackage, GeoJSON, KML and more, even zipped — up to 5 GB per file. Uploads run in the background: the dialog closes immediately, a status button in the header follows the progress, and a notification pings you if you have wandered off to another tab. A CSV gets a coordinate-column picker that finds the right columns by itself, or comes in as a plain table — spreadsheets do too.

Access is four straightforward roles — Viewer, Editor, Publisher, Admin — enforced by the platform itself, not as hidden buttons. Deletes are soft: binned items sit in the recycle bin for 30 days with a visible countdown before they're removed for real. Maps, dashboards and Journeys keep version history you can roll back. And when something is ready to go out, the item page hands you a public link and a QR code.

Capabilities

What's included

28 item types, one shelf

Web maps, layers, tables, dashboards, Journeys, print layouts, images, PDFs. Everything is an item with the same card, tags, thumbnail and detail page — no second-class content.

Uploads that run themselves

Drop your files — all the common geodata formats, up to 5 GB each. Uploads run in the background behind a header status button, and a notification tells you when they're done.

CSV, both ways

A CSV with coordinates opens a picker that finds the coordinate columns by itself and counts the points it found before you commit. Or import it as a plain table for joins — Excel files come in the same way.

Folders that work like folders

Drag a card onto a folder in the sidebar and it moves. Bulk-select to move, download or bin a whole page of items at once.

Search that ranks

Search across titles, descriptions and tags, with the best matches first and your search terms highlighted. Narrow down by type — maps, layers, files, apps — and go from there.

A bin, not a footgun

Deletes are soft. Every binned item shows its own countdown, restore is one click, and nothing is actually gone until 30 days have passed — or you empty the bin yourself.

Four roles, enforced properly

Viewer, Editor, Publisher, Admin — permissions are enforced by the platform itself, because hiding a button is not a security model. Email invites, member management and an org-wide activity log round it out.

Documentation

Learn how to get the most out of it.

28 item types14 upload formats5 GB per file30-day recycle bin4 roles

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