The document discusses the Lithuanian Spatial Data Portal (Geoportal.lt), which serves as a central hub for accessing and sharing national spatial data and services. It provides three main functions: (1) allowing over 250 datasets and services from 26 institutions to be shared, accessed, and used; (2) serving as a platform to build additional geospatial solutions and integrate other systems; (3) benefiting various groups like government, businesses, and the public by providing maps and tools for tasks like management, analysis, and education. The portal has seen growing usage, with over 5000 registered users, 15,000 daily visitors, and 350+ downloads per month. It aims to be a one-stop platform to access, use

1. INSPIRING CAPABILITIES OF USING
LITHUANIAN SPATIAL DATA PORTAL
Map for the Future  European Parliament  2013-12-04
Raminta Vitkauskiene, National land service  Andrius Balčiūnas, SE GIS-Centras

2. Geoportal.lt One easy access to national spatial data

3. Geoportal.lt Part of European spatial data infrastructure
LT
SDI
Europe
SDI
INSPIRE
SDI
SDI
SDI

4. Geoportal.lt Place to share, access and use spatial data
SHARE AND PUBLISH
SPATIAL DATA
ACCESS
INFORMATION
GET
BENEFITS
governmental agencies
municipal authorities
private sector companies
informational systems
users
view and download data
access e-services
wide range of data formats
for different use cases
access through Internet
anywhere
easy search and
simplified data order
use advanced functionality
create mashup maps
use e-services in different
workflows

5. Geoportal.lt
One place for national spatial data access
SPATIAL DATA PROVIDERS
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
The Lithuanian
Fire and Rescue Department
Road Administration
Statistics Lithuania
State Forest Service
Lithuanian geological
Lithuanian
survey
Municipalities
The Environmental
SE Centre of registers
Protection Agency
State service for
SE GIS-Center
protected areas
National Land Service
Land Information system
Reference base
cadastre
Cartographic
funds
LitPOS
Policija.lt
TPDRIS
Geodetic and cartography
background information system
SERVICES USERS
Vilnius
university
RRT
GEOPORTAL.LT USERS
TIC
GPF
Statistics
Lithuania
Lithuanian
Consumer Institute

6. Geoportal.lt Get the data you need
View
service
National spatial data
portal geoportal.lt
Search
service
Transformation
service
Download
service
FIND, ORDER, DOWNLOAD AND USE DATA IN ONE PLACE
 Saving time to find data in different institution  Saving time to order data and sign license
agreements  Everything can be done online  Get data in format you need  No
investment in data transformation for users  Clear data providers  Responsibility

7. Geoportal.lt Hub of the national spatial data and services
 More than 250 free spatial data sets and services  More than 26 institutions provide
spatial data sets and services  More than 377 metadata documents 

8. Geoportal.lt Free data – direct way to grow and get benefits
REGISTERED USERS
x2
5000
4500
4000
3500
each years
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
15 k
visitors per
day
60 k
visits per
month

9. Geoportal.lt Free data – direct way to grow and get benefits
DATA DOWNLOADS
x 40
1200
1000
more data
downloads
800
600
> 350
400
200
downloads per
month
0
Free mapping data
> 250
Data sets and
services

10. Geoportal.lt The main reasons for the use
1
SPATIAL DATA
SOURCE
2
SPATIAL DATA
MANAGEMENT TOOL
3
SPATIAL DATA
EXCHANGE PLACE
4
PLATFORM FOR
GEOSPATIAL SOLUTIONS

11. INVESTMENT
Government
Public
organizations
Lithuanian
spatial data
geoportal
People
Business
INVEST ONCE USE EVERYWHERE
One investment to hardware, software and specialists saves budget (update
solutions, strong developers team)

12. Geoportal.lt Platform for the national geospatial solutions
Platform
for the national
information systems
Node
for register and
cadastre integration
National
data source
for management

13. Geoportal.lt For government
MAPS FOR GOVERNMENT
 Thematic datasets: for surveyors and planners, for land management 
National land information system: statistics about land parcels, analysis of land use
datasets, specialized tool for statistical analysis, data sets comparison 

14. Geoportal.lt For government
MAPS AND APPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT
 Web application for the land owners to inform about mistakes in spatial data set which is used
for land taxes  Web application for the national land agency to administrate state’s land
available for rent or sale 

15. Geoportal.lt For government
SYSTEM OF CARTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES
 Manage cartographic archive online  Scanned georeferenced maps online with simple
tools  Write descriptions, create metadata  Publish topographic maps for all geoportal.lt
users  No need for software and hardware, everything runs on geoportal.lt platform

16. Geoportal.lt For public organization
TOURISM DATA MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR TOURISM CENTERS
 Web application for 54 national tourism centers to collect data of places of interest online 
Each tourism center creates their own map, geoportal.lt creates national map of places of
interest  No need to invest 54 times to each tourism center hardware and software  In all
tourist maps the background map is always up to date

17. Geoportal.lt For public organization
MAPS AND TOOLS FOR EDUCATION
 Thematic datasets: soil database, national forests, land fund data  Historic data: different
years orthophoto, data of mounds and historical villages  Tools for comparison and analysis
for different datasets 

18. Geoportal.lt For business
MAPS FOR ANALYSIS
 Statistical datasets: population statistics, crime analysis results and statistics, mobile
networks coverage 

19. Geoportal.lt For business
ECO PRODUCTION MAP
 Information about eco farms in Lithuania  Possibilities for farmers to share information about
their eco production  Possibilities for citizens to get information about eco farms in their
neighborhood 

20. Geoportal.lt For everyone
MAPS FUND – TO GET TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS IS SIMPLE
 Search in the map’s fund by years, scale, type, extent, format, etc.  View topographic maps
on the top of the background maps, get information about maps  Download topographic
maps in different formats, oriented, clipped 

21. Geoportal.lt For everyone
NATIONAL ATLAS OF LITHUANIA
 128 maps and metadata of national atlas of Lithuania  View these maps online  View on
the different thematic maps’ background  Print, save, export, share

22. Geoportal.lt Platform and data source for new projects
National Spatial data cloud
E-services for surveyors
E-services for planners
E-services for assess land characteristics

23. Geoportal.lt User training for better use experience
Geoportal.lt Youtube channel
Help requests
Slideshare channel
Help system
Facebook page

24. Geoportal.lt for you!
Raminta Vitkauskiene, National land service  Andrius Balčiūnas, SE GIS-Centras