GeoPlatform GIS Cloud Hosting Services

The GeoPlatform is a long term, high level project to drive cloud adoption of geospatial applications and geospatial data for federal agencies. By migrating to the cloud, agencies can realize a solution that is efficient and scalable with increased availability and accessibility. The GeoPlatform offers open geospatial hosting and services to Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) partner agencies. Hosting in AWS is managed through a series of task orders on DOI Foundation Cloud Hosting Services (FCHS) and other contracts. GeoPlatform provides a variety of cloud hosting services from cloud native tools, open source, standards based deployments to a range of vendor software stacks. Through careful integration and a focus on security, the GeoPlatform team is able to provide flexible, scalable hosting to support a wide range of geospatial workflows.

Is my project within scope for the GeoPlatform Cloud Hosting environment?

The GeoPlatform Cloud Hosting Offering is available for all FGDC partners at Federal, State and Local Government levels. It allows for hosting of geospatial applications, databases, data storage and web services. The offering includes FedRAMP services in Amazon (AWS) public sector and GovCloud-based cloud environment. FISMA moderate compliant managed software stacks are available in both ESRI and OpenGeo. If one or more of the following criteria fits your cloud project, then it's likely in scope of Geospatial Services:
  • Uses either ESRI or Open Source Geospatial software such as GeoServer
  • Your project is primarily driven with a mapping front end
  • Your project consumes or produces web mapping services through services such as WMS, WFS, WPS, WMTS, Esri REST, NetCDF, OPeNDAP
  • Your project stores geospatial file formats such as shapefiles, geodatabases, KML, GeoTIFF. Click here for additional formats.
  • Your project requires significant geoprocessing or geospatial image analysis
  • Your project performs analysis program/application requires ENVI Server or ERDAS Imagine Server
  • Your project is built within or on of of GeoPlatform.gov, or needs to use the GeoPlatform host domain
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GeoPlatform GIS Cloud Hosting Statement of Services

The GeoPlatform offers open geospatial hosting and services to FGDC partner agencies. Hosting in AWS is managed by Zivaro, offering both ESRI and OpenGeo technology stacks, geospatial applications and managed services.Read more
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Onboarding

As part of onboarding to the GeoPlatform, there are two phases:
  1. Opportunity Review, Quote, and Contract Requirements
  2. Customer Onboarding and Build
    1. Customer onboarding
    2. Security onboarding
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ATO and Security Services

As a participant with in the GeoPlatform ATO, customers will participate in an integrated cybersecurity program with processes aligned and integrated with the AWS environment. The security posture will leverage the AWS East/West Region FedRAMP Agency ATO, which is compliant with organizational information security requirements and employs appropriate security controls in accordance with applicable Federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance.Read more