The Search Results section provides details about your search, such as the number of metadata records found, how quickly they were retrieved and options to view the metadata.
You can see search results in two different views: text view and icon view.
Content Type Icons
Data content types are indicated by icons on the left side of the metadata records.
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
 | Live Data and Maps |
 | Downloadable Data |
 | Offline Data |
 | Documents |
 | Applications |
 | Clearinghouses |
 | Geographic Activity - Data Requests |
 | Geogpraphic Activity - Planned Acquisitions |
 | Geographic Activity - Unspecified |
 | Geographic Services |
Access the Function Menu
Each icon has an expandable menu to list buttons to access more information.
To see the expandable menu:
Use the buttons at the extended menu of each metadata result to access more information. For example, click the View Summary button to access an overview of the results, click the Full Metadata to view all the metadata for the record, click Add to Map (if active) to view the record on the map, or click Go to website to be directed to the Web site for that record.
Geodata.gov supports viewing Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Mapping Services (WMS) and ESRI ArcIMS Image Services on a globe, using Google Earth or ESRI ArcGIS Explorer. Before services can be viewed on a globe, please install one of these viewers.
For search results that may be viewed on a globe, an option 'Add to Globe' will appear in the result context menu. From the community page, simply click the View in 3-D button to launch the 3-D viewer appropriate for the type of service.
Each metadata record may have different viewing options. For example, the Add to Map option may not appear. This happens if the metadata record is not associated with a live map service. If the record is associated with a live map service, the Add to Map option becomes active.
Search Results Show as Footprints on Map
The footprint of the spatial boundary of each record appears on a map in My Geography. The list results are linked to the map footprints to allow you to easily visualize the coverage area of each dataset. Hover over a search result in the list; the result is highlighted in yellow and its bounding box is shown hatched in the map. Hover over the map and all results in the search list that intersect that point are highlighted in yellow.
The footprint of the spatial boundary of each record appears on a map in My Geography.
To locate a record with the corresponding footprint, do one of the following:
Filter Results by Content Type
In the search results page, you have the option to filter the results by data content type.
After you perform a search and review the search results, you may want to save your search to review at a later time. To save a search:
The next time you login to your geodata.gov account, your saved searches will be listed on the home page in the My Searches portlet.
You may want to delete a saved search at some point or make a mistake and need to delete the search. For example, notice that in Figure 4 above, the user has saved two searches with the same name.
To delete a saved search:
You must be logged in to your geodata.gov account to view and delete saved
searches.
The search results can be downloaded and saved to a spreadsheet (as csv format) for further review, sorting, etc. You can open the spreadsheet with any applications, such as Microsoft Excel, that support csv format.
