Document Summary

This document is dedicated to the Geospatial Portal users who either want benefit from basic product functionality or aim at exploring advanced functions available by hand. This document describes the functionality of Geospatial Portal used in everyday work and includes necessary procedures, concepts, and technical information.

Managers and decision makers interested in executive product descriptions are encouraged to become familiar with the brochures and technical documents available on the Hexagon Geospatial Web GIS website.

Geospatial Portal is a standalone product delivered in several flavors with other Hexagon Geospatial Products:

Hexagon Geospatial Product	Geospatial Portal layouts summary
Geospatial Portal	Geospatial Portal is offered as a standalone product with its full powerful functionality available, assuming there are underlying services available that are capable of handling the specialized Portal requests.
GeoMedia WebMap Essentials	GeoMedia WebMap Publisher Portal layout delivers a fully-scalable server solution in the form of web services or thin clients. This tier provides real-time enterprise data access, sophisticated geospatial analysis, and map generation that enables the functionality to benefit from services such as GeoMedia WebMap Publisher Service (WMPS), Web Map Service (WMS), Web Feature Service (WFS), and more.
Geomedia WebMap Advantage	Geospatial Portal's set of layouts focused on exposing the power of GeoMedia WebMap Advantage and other services available with this product. Includes all the functionality in GeoMedia WebMap Essentials and provides the ability to capture spatial data in accordance with a central data model and write directly to the database.
GeoMedia WebMap Professional	Geospatial Portal set of layouts; in addition to the Geospatial Portal Advantage layout it provides the advanced linear analysis functions.
ERDAS Apollo Essentials	Geospatial Portal for Apollo Essentials focused on exposing the power of Apollo Essentials functionality.
ERDAS Apollo Advantage	Geospatial Portal for Apollo Advantage; enables Apollo Catalog browsing and analyses.
ERDAS Apollo Professional	Geospatial Portal for Apollo Professional; in addition to the functionality offered in the Geospatial Portal layout for Apollo Advantage, it enables user interface for geoprocessing functionality.

Depending on the flavor, various product options are made available to fit the best parent product use case. The list of available functions per product is provided in the table below. This list is complemented with the references to sections where the detailed descriptions of particular functions are provided. To get familiar with the product effectively we encourage you to directly follow the sections describing the functions highlighted for your product.

Functionality	Available in:	Reference
Map content management	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional GeoMedia WebMap Essentials ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional ERDAS Apollo Essentials	Manipulating the Legend
Search geographic names	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional	Searching for Geographic Names
Search for data (metadata)	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional	Seraching for Data or Metadata
Vector data analyses	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional	Performing Analyses on Vector Data
Adjust portal settings	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional GeoMedia WebMap Essentials ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional ERDAS Apollo Essentials	Changing Geospatial Portal Settings
Tools:
Map navigation( zoom in/out ; zoom by rectangle; fit all, next/previous map view)	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia Advantage GeoMedia Professional GeoMedia Essentials ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional ERDAS Apollo Essentials	Navigating the Map Changing the Scale Using the Overview Window
Feature info	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia Advantage GeoMedia Professional GeoMedia Essentials ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional ERDAS Apollo Essentials	Obtaining Information about Features
Scale band configuration	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional ERDAS Apollo Essentials	Setting Map Scale Bands
Overview window	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia Advantage GeoMedia Professional GeoMedia Essentials ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional ERDAS Apollo Essentials	Using the Overview Window
User maps	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia Advantage GeoMedia Professional GeoMedia Essentials ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional ERDAS Apollo Essentials	Creating and Saving User Maps and Workspaces
Map printing	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia Advantage GeoMedia Professional GeoMedia Essentials ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional	Printing Maps in Geospatial Portal
Data window & clipboard	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional GeoMedia WebMap Essentials ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional	Working with the Data Window and the Clipboard
Where am I	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional ERDAS Apollo Essentials	Showing Client Location
Show a link to the map	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional ERDAS Apollo Essentials	Sharing a Map
Dynamic object view	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional	Displaying Vector Data on the Map Dynamically
WMC	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional	Importing and Exporting Web Map Context (WMC)
Notification log	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional GeoMedia WebMap Essentials ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional ERDAS Apollo Essentials	Viewing Notification History
Language selector	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional GeoMedia WebMap Essentials ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional ERDAS Apollo Essentials	Changing the Language
Measurements (2D and 3D)	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional GeoMedia WebMap Essentials ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional ERDAS Apollo Essentials	Performing Measurements on the Map
Data sources management	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional GeoMedia WebMap Essentials ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional ERDAS Apollo Essentials	Managing Data Sources
Data selection	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional GeoMedia WebMap Essentials ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional	Selecting Data on the Map
Live search	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional	Searching Geographic Names Using Live Search
Time dimension	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional ERDAS Apollo Essentials	Working with the WMS Time Parameter
Editing tools	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional	Editing Features Geometry
Authentication	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional ERDAS Apollo Essentials	User Registering and Login [General]
Predefined queries	GeoMedia WebMap Essentials	Performing Predefined Queries
Shadow analysis	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional GeoMedia WebMap Essentials ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional ERDAS Apollo Essentials	Performing Shadows Analysis
Extrusion	Geospatial Portal GeoMedia WebMap Advantage GeoMedia WebMap Professional GeoMedia WebMap Essentials ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional ERDAS Apollo Essentials	Building 3D Cities from 2D Features
ERDAS Apollo features	ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional	Working with ERDAS APOLLO Features
Search ERDAS APOLLO catalog	ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional	Searching ERDAS APOLLO Catalog Working with the Search Result Panel
Browse ERDAS APOLLO catalog	ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional	Browsing ERDAS APOLLO Catalog Working with the Search Result Panel
Clip-Zip-Ship	ERDAS Apollo Advantage ERDAS Apollo Professional	Downloading Data with Clip-Zip-Ship
GeoProcessing	ERDAS Apollo Professional	Geoprocessing