What is IC GIS Portal?

The IC GIS Portal is a collaborative geospatial content management system for the Federal Government and mission 

partners. The IC GIS Portal operates on five security networks and is the largest GIS implementation the Federal 

Government has ever fielded. 

Who uses the IC GIS Portal?

The IC GIS Portal supports a wide range of users, including GIS experts with desktop workflows and all-source 

analysts using web-based capabilities for the first time. Our user community spans over 80 agencies and 400,000 

lifetime users. 

What’s in the IC GIS Portal? 

The IC GIS Portal connects users with current content, including ready-to-use apps, maps, and layers to build 

useful information products. The ability to search and discover items such as geospatial and intelligence content, 

provides the powerful functionality for collaboration across the user community, while built-in capabilities, such 

as geocoders, are available for a consistent user experience. Currently, there are over 225,000 items registered, 

including 32,000 web apps created by analysts to support mission needs. The portal supports most geospatial, 

text, and media formats. Through the Distributed Portal collaboration functionality, users have the ability to discover 

content from other government portal instances. 

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What 

makes 

the IC GIS 

Portal 

unique?

The IC GIS 

Portal is a 

lightly governed 

space, used to 

collaborate and 

spur grass-roots 

innovation, where 

the emphasis 

is placed on 

providing GIS 

capabilities for 

all analysts in 

support of driving 

mission success.

IC GIS Portal

Web GIS for Government Collaboration

How can I access the IC GIS Portal?

Portals are available on JWICS, SIPR, NIPR, and a 

presence on ArcGIS Online on the WWW:

► JWICS: https://portal.geo.cloud.ic.gov

► SIPR: https://portal.geo.nga.smil.mil

► NIPR: https://portal.geo.nga.mil

► WWW: https://nga.maps.arcgis.com

► STONEGHOST: https://portal.geo.nga.us.qlat/portal

Questions? Please contact our Mission Support Team

► JWICS: GISPortalMissionSupport@coe.ic.gov

► SIPR: GISPortalMissionSupport@nga.smil.mil

► NIPR: GISPortalMissionSupport@nga.mil

► WWW: agol@nga.mil
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Presentation

The IC GIS Portal provides apps that allow users to present static and 

temporal geospatial data, media, and content. 

► Story Maps is a new, modern platform for telling stories with maps. 

► Enterprise Sites allow users to create, manage, and present sites.

► Dashboards allow users to monitor events, make decisions, inform 

others, and see trends based on geospatial and intelligence data. 

IC GIS Portal Features

Analysis

The IC GIS Portal provides several types of analysis tools and visualizations to 

help users to execute their workflows. 

► Insights answer users’ questions and analyze users’ data using open 

data science and business intelligence workflows.

► Map Viewer allows users to view, explore, and create web maps. 

► ArcGIS Earth provides users with an interactive 3D experience to plan, 

visualize, and evaluate events on the globe

App Builders

The IC GIS Portal provides apps that allow users to build targeted apps to 

meet the needs of their audience and users. 

► Instant Apps turn users’ maps into purpose-driven apps to provide their 

audience with an intuitive geospatial experience.

► Web App Builder allows users to easily create applications by accessing 

workflow tabs (e.g., Theme, Map, Widget, and Attribute).

► Configurable Apps provides a suite of app templates that allow users to 

create web apps from their data without writing code.

► Survey 123 provides a simple and intuitive form-centric data gathering 

solution

Custom Tools

The IC GIS Portal has custom tools that enhance the Portal’s capabilities for 

community use, which are also available to the community for use on their 

own ArcGIS Enterprise Portal: 

► Portal Classification Tool (PCT) - Classify maps, apps, and data

► Group Ownership (GO) - Modify shared projects and shift work data

► Announcement Dialog (AD) - Homepage announcements for users

► Authoritative Data Tooltip (ADTt) - Capture data management 

information for authoritative items