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Metadata Acquisition

Metadata Acquisition

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Creating Metadata

1. Browse and create the ISO 19115 standard document using the free metadata tool, M3CAT.

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Download the M3Cat tool from the intelec websiteM3Cat tool here.

Read the installation guide first. Then install necessary software components such as IIS (Internet Information Server) or PWS (Personal or Peer Web Server) first. Then install the M3Cat. It is important to note, that to create the virtual directory that points to the M3Cat <Web> installation directory in IIS or PWS. Moreover, a system ODBC has to be created because M3Cat use the ODBC link to communicate to the database. The default user name is user and password is eng, if you install the English version of M3Cat.

Follow the Guide Tour of M3Cat. Then create an ISO 19115 document.

2. Optional exercise

Creating Metadata usingArcCatalog.

If you are using ArcGIS, download the optional exercise to generate metadata using ArcCatalog.

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