ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: As part of the national innovation co-funding scheme ‘Space for Geo-information’ (RGI) the project “GeoPortal Network: Liberty United” ran from late 2005 until the end of 2008. The paper elaborates the stages the project went through; the software and IT-architectural developments that took place; three important spin-offs of the project (Atlas Demonstrator, the Red Portal and the reuse of components for the Romanian NSDI); the institutional aspects that were studied; the different ways ‘Liberty United’ has worked in the project; the different levels of engagement and the passing on of lessons learnt into other settings (both of one’s employer and national activities related to SDI development). It is concluded that GeoPortal Network can be seen more as a catalyst of the process of developing the Dutch SDI, rather than as a project in the usual sense.
