Who's behind the news?
Who's behind the news?
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Newsjunkie.net is a resource guide for journalists. We show who's behind the news, and provide tools to help navigate the modern business of information.
Use of Data
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MyGDI Explorer is Malaysia's official national geospatial metadata catalogue, providing an online platform for searching, viewing, verifying, sharing, and managing geospatial metadata. It serves as a central hub connecting data providers and users across government agencies, academic institutions, private sector organizations, and the general public. As of March 2024, the catalogue holds over 6,730 metadata records covering maps, GIS applications, research outputs, and geospatial services.
MyGDI Explorer is a component of the Malaysia Geospatial Data Infrastructure (MyGDI), Malaysia's National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), which was established by MyGDI Circular Letter No. 1 of 2006. MyGDI itself evolved from the earlier NaLIS (National Land Information System) initiative, which dates to approximately 1997. In December 2002, the Malaysian Centre for Geospatial Data Infrastructure (MaCGDI) was established under the Ministry of Water, Land and Natural Resources to replace the NaLIS Secretariat and manage the development of MyGDI. MaCGDI was later restructured as the National Geospatial Centre (PGN) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability. MyGDI Explorer is managed and operated by PGN and is accessible through the MyGeoportal (mygeoportal.gov.my).
The catalogue contains metadata records describing datasets, map services, applications, research outputs, and geospatial activities from Malaysian government agencies and other data providers. Coverage spans topics including land administration, environmental monitoring, urban planning, transportation, natural resources, and disaster management. Users can search by keyword, content type, data category, or date, and can preview spatial data from linked public map services.
MyGDI Explorer is freely accessible online at mygdix.mygeoportal.gov.my. Registered users can publish and manage their own metadata records using standardized MyGDI metadata templates. An offline metadata editor tool (METAFOR) is also available. The platform supports the discovery and evaluation of geospatial data but does not itself host the underlying datasets; users are directed to the data providers' own systems for access.