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Become a Géoportail member
Membership of Géoportail is for public services and institutions, regional authorities and other national organisations. It is a free service embodied in an agreement with the DGME.
As long as regulations defined by Géoportail‘s editorial team are respected, members can reference, publish or modify their data sources in the Géocatalogue, using a specific internet interface accessible with secure authentication.
The Géocatalogue also enables members to access data in the Géocatalogue via other websites, carry out searches and use the search results.
Géoportail services (database viewing, co-viewing with another member’s data, research, cataloguing etc.) are free to use, in accordance with the Géoportail guidelines.
> View the Géoportail guidelines
How members’ data is processed
Members can freely choose which site(s) will host the information and services they provide. It is the members’ responsibility to ensure that the sites chosen implement such access control procedures as may be required.
Members retain ownership of its data and metadata and are fully and entirely responsible for georeferencing and updating such data as well as ensuring their accuracy and quality.
Members formally agree to clearly state all intellectual property rights attached to any data or metadata they publish.
Any data displayed on Géoportail are assumed to have been geo-referenced. If this is not the case, it is the member’s responsibility to do so.
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