gesjGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITYGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY2071-93882542-1565Russian Geographical Society10.24057/2071-9388-2013-6-1-71-80gesj-120Research ArticleGEOGRAPHYГеографияMAKOCI: A WEB PORTAL FOR INTEGRATING AND SHARING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SERVICESJungChin-Techinte.jung@gmail.comSunChih-Hongchsun2145@gmail.comLienMin-Fangcollmf@tgic.org.twChangChih-Shyangy47106@gmail.comChungWei-Jenwilliam@tgic.org.twLinHong-Yanglinhy@tgic.org.twTsaiPing-Yingbytsai0808@tgic.org.twDepartment of Geography, National Taiwan University, Taipei city, Taiwan, No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, 106Taiwan, Province of ChinaProfessor, Department of Geography, National Taiwan University, Taipei city, Taiwan, No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, 106Taiwan, Province of ChinaDirector of Technologies Department, Taiwan GIS Center, Taipei city, Taiwan, 6F, No,6, Sec. 1, Roosevelt Road, 106Taiwan, Province of ChinaProfessor, Department of Information Management, Tungnan University, New Taipei city, Taiwan, No. 152, Sec. 3, Beishen Road, 222Taiwan, Province of ChinaEngineer, Taiwan GIS Center, Taipei city, Taiwan, 6F, No,6, Sec. 1, Roosevelt Road, 106Taiwan, Province of China201301032013613754Copyright © Jung C., Sun C., Lien M., Chang C., Chung W., Lin H., Tsai P., 20132013Jung C., Sun C., Lien M., Chang C., Chung W., Lin H., Tsai P.Jung C., Sun C., Lien M., Chang C., Chung W., Lin H., Tsai P.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/120Geographic Information ServiceOntologiesMulti-agent SystemCyberinfrastructureReferencesAlbrecht, J. 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