About
Who we are
This program is collectively managed by librarians and geospatial specialists at thirteen research institutions from across the Big Ten Academic Alliance.
Map of Participants
1. University of Chicago
2. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3. Indiana University Bloomington
4. University of Iowa
5. University of Maryland
6. University of Michigan
7. Michigan State University
8. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (host institution)
9. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
10. Ohio State University
11. Pennsylvania State University
12. Purdue University
13. University of Wisconsin - Madison
What we do
connect scholars across the Big Ten Academic Alliance to geospatial resources
support the creation and aggregation of discovery-focused geospatial metadata
provide the technology project staffing and infrastructure to build and host a geoportal
actively participate in the development of open source geospatial technology and infrastructure
contribute to the Big Ten Academic Alliance by sharing expertise, leveraging campus resources, and collaborating on innovative programs
The BTAA Geoportal
connects users to digital geospatial resources, including GIS datasets, web services, and digitized historical maps from multiple data clearinghouses and library catalogs
a search tool fostering access to externally-hosted data
saves researcher time by centralizing regional geospatial data discovery into a single interface
provides discovery to the most up-to-date resources
allows users to search by What, Where, and When, without needing to know Who or Why
contains
GIS data produced in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Ohio, & Wisconsin
historical scanned maps from all across the globe
