Install and Configure CSW Client for USGIN services

 

  1. Download and Install the CSW Client Application:
    1. Follow the instructions on ESRI's help site. Under the heading Installing CSW Clients for ArcGIS, follow directions in the Installation and Add the CSW Client to ArcMap bullets.
    2. Take note of the directory into which you install the application. You will need to know this for the next step.
  2. Download and Install the USGIN Profile Configuration Files:
    1. Download the files from resources.usgin.org.
    2. Unzip the archive. Place the four files into <the directory into which you installed the client>\Data. Overwrite the existing CSWProfiles.xml when prompted.
    3. Restart ArcMap (if it was open while you did this).
  3. Create a "Catalog" to Connect to in ArcMap:
    1. Open ArcMap and display the CSW Client
    2. Under the heading How to Configure Additional Catalogs back on the ESRI help site, follow the directions under the How to register a catalog service for use in the CSW Clients bullet. Select the "USGIN/Geonetwork" profile during step #4.
    3. If the "USGIN/Geonetwork" profile does not appear in the list, restart ArcMap and try again. If it is still not there, double-check that you have put the configuration files in the right place.
Note: If you have an old version of the CSW Client that you'd like to update. You'll need to first uninstall the old version from the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel. Also, while the <install director>/Data folder contains a CSWCatalogs.xml file, this is not the file that is accessed in ArcMap. If you wish you change the CSWCatalogs.xml directly, you'll need to find it in <Documents and Settings Director>\<user name>\Application Data\ESRI. The path is likely slightly different on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
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