1. GCI Elements the GEOSS Portal

2. GCI Snapshot

4. Within the GCI: presentation layer –The GEOSS Portal implements the functionality related to the presentation layer processing layer –The Data Access Broker (DAB) implements the functionality related to the processing layer GEOSS Portal and GEO DAB

5. Presentation Layer Discovery The Discovery is easy By text By Area By Time S WY S IWIG WYSearch IWYG What You Search Is What You Get Processing Layer GEOSS Portal and GEO DAB Access Access … (the Access, too)Access

6. Data Access DownloadData Access Download A user can now define a so-called common grid - spatial extent, temporal extent, spatial resolution, coordinate reference system and file format - and then download the selected data. User AuthenticationUser Authentication It is possible to sign in via social credential or log in with a new account GEOSS Portal Status (v3.5.1)

7. S WY S IWIG WYSearch IWYG What You Search Is What You Get to present the right data to the right people fail to meet the user needs … otherwise we will fail to meet the user needs General Ranking Algorithm ImprovementGeneral Ranking Algorithm Improvement Results matching user queries User ProfilingUser Profiling To present the right data to the right people Use metricsUse metrics To feed back the ranking algorithm (most accessed items are the one that the user is probably looking for) to provide effective discoverability … to provide effective discoverability Key Area of Improvement