Getting started with ordinary users

SuperMap iPortal 11i(2024) is a cloud computing-oriented GIS portal software platform. It provides rich GIS resource integration capabilities, fast GIS resource search capabilities, and flexible GIS resource sharing capabilities. In iPortal, you can discover all kinds of wonderful GIS resources, contribute your own resources to the portal to realize resource sharing, and use iPortal's built-in WebApps to edit, process and analyze GIS resources to make maps, scenes, and insights, mapdashboards and other rich application work.

Access iPortal

New users can quickly access the SuperMap iPortal homepage according to the GIS portal address (http://<server>:<port>/iportal) provided by the administrator. iPortal supports various mainstream browsers on the market. For specific supported versions, please refer to: iPortal supported browsers.

Sign-up and login

When accessing iPortal as an anonymous user, you can browse the public resources in the portal and experience the basic functions of each WebApp (the results cannot be saved). However, if you want to experience the functions of iPortal in-depth, such as adding resources, sharing resources, etc., you must log in to iPortal. Your administrator may have created an account for you. At this time, you only need to click the "Login" button in the upper right corner of iPortal and enter your username and password to log in to iPortal.

If your administrator has not assigned an account for you, you may need to register an iPortal account by yourself. Click the "Sign Up" button in the upper right corner of the iPortal interface to register. General registration information includes user name, nickname, password, security question and answer, etc. The password must be 6 to 18 characters long and contain at least any three of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers and special characters; security questions are for resetting the password. According to the administrator's portal configuration, you may also be asked to fill in information such as your department and email address. After successful registration, you can log in to iPortal with the registered account.

Notice:

• The administrator has the right to turn off the user registration function. At this time, users without an iPortal account need to contact the administrator to apply for an account.
• To protect the security of your account, we recommend that you change your password regularly, such as every 1 month / 3 months. For how to change the password, please refer to: Personal Center.

Get familiar with iPortal

Your administrator may have customized the appearance and functions of iPortal, but all the portals should have the following functions. Generally speaking, you can access these items in the iPortal navigation bar:

• Resource Center: integrates all kinds of GIS resources in the portal, and is the entrance for accessing all GIS resources
• App Center: integrates several built-in WebApps of iPortal and provides a unified external entrance, which is convenient for you to quickly create apps and view recently accessed/edited app records.

• DataViz WebApp: visually browsing maps, making and editing maps online
• MapStudio WebApp: a brand-new online map application, supporting more flexible map style configuration
• DataInsights WebApp: interactive chart analysis and spatial analysis, mining the potential value of spatial data
• MapDashboard WebApp: fully graphical operation interface to build map-based visualization
• iEarth WebApp: online browsing and fast creation of 3D scenes
• GPAModelBuilder WebApp: visualization builds processing automation models
• iDesigner3D WebApp: rapid creation of 3D models from vector data based on real geographic environments

• News Center: View the published news in the portal
• Groups: Viewing and creating groups to share resources
• Personal Center: Manages personal accounts, portal resources, messages, keys, application and authorization records, and theme preferences, etc.

iPortal basic functions

Ordinary users can perform the following operations:

• Browse and retrieve public resources in the portal such as maps, services, scenes, data, applications, insights, mapdashboards, notebooks, GPA models, design 3D, etc.
• Register decentralized and heterogeneous GIS services into the portal
• Upload various types of user data to the portal
• Randomly distribute the uploaded data to multiple SuperMap iServer servers to publish hosting services
• Add resources to the portal via REST API
• Share your own maps, services, scenes, data, applications, insights, mapdashboards, notebooks, GPA models and design 3D to other users, groups, or departments of iPortal
• Delete your own maps, services, scenes, data, applications, insights, mapdashboards, notebooks, GPA models, design 3D or other resources
• Apply access permissions of resources
• Authorize self resources to other users to access and use
• Perform dynamic visualization, interactive chart analysis and spatial analysis of data. Refer to: DataInsights
• Create maps online and share them with other people in the organization to realize multi-user collaborative work. Refer to: DataViz
• Browse and quickly create 3D scenes, and perform 3D space analysis. Refer to: iEarth
• Build visualized dashboard applications with building block operations. Refer to: MapDashboard
• Create Notebooks to perform advanced processing such as distributed analysis and machine learning on spatial data
• Create and join groups to realize resource management in groups
• Manage personal accounts, portal resources, messages, keys, application/authorization records, and theme preferences through the Personal Center.