TechnologySeptember 2, 2026

geoportal

JEE-oh-por-tul

Definition

A specific type of website that acts as a gateway or entry point to geographic information and spatial data services.

Etymology

The word is a portmanteau of 'geospatial' (derived from Greek 'geo', meaning earth) and 'portal' (from Latin 'porta', meaning gate or door). It emerged in the early 2000s to describe web interfaces for geographic data.

In the news

The article discusses security flaws in GeoNetwork, which serves as the backend infrastructure for numerous government geoportals, making those portals vulnerable to remote attacks.

GeoNetwork Fixes Unauthenticated RCE Chain Affecting Government Geoportal Backends

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