Geospatial search portal, methods of making and using the same, and systems including the same

A method of creating a search portal, comprising:

• a) importing or creating an electronic map having electronic locations thereon;
• b) identifying and/or retrieving scholarly, technical, encyclopedic, factual, and/or archival information;
• c) tagging each of said scholarly, technical, encyclopedic, factual, and/or archival information with georeferences and metadata;
• d) linking said georeferences with said electronic locations on said electronic map;
• e) analyzing and organizing each of said metadata into index terms and/or map symbols;
• and
• f) configuring a processor to display at least some of said scholarly, technical, encyclopedic, factual, and/or archival information when a corresponding one or ones of said electronic locations, one or ones of said georeferences, one or ones of said metadata, one or ones of said index terms, and/or one or ones of said map symbols is/are electronically selected.

A method of finding information relating to an actual geographic location, comprising:

• a) searching for information using a geospatial search portal, the geospatial search portal comprising:
• i) an electronic map having one or more electronic locations thereon;
• ii) scholarly, technical, encyclopedic, factual, and/or archival information with georeferences and metadata, one or ones of said georeferences electronically associated with one or ones of said electronic location(s);
• iii) logic that analyzes said metadata and organizes said metadata into index terms and/or map symbols;
• iv) a user interface configured to display said electronic map, a predetermined and/or identified electronic location on said electronic map, one or ones of said index terms, and/or said one or ones of said map symbols, and at least some of said scholarly, technical, encyclopedic, factual, and/or archival information relating to said actual geographic location when said identified and/or corresponding electronic location, one or ones of said map symbols, and/or one or ones of said georeferences is/are electronically selected;
• b) viewing retrieved information;
• and
• c) optionally exporting or printing at least some of said retrieved information.