The Mesoamerican & Caribbean Online Map Portal is the primary decentralized gateway to access online geospatial data for the region. Through this Portal, various local, national, regional, and international institutions are building a geospatial network and serving their data via a Web Map Service (WMS).  The Portal is principally composed of:  1) a  to view and query decentralized spatial data from the participating institutions, 2) a , and 3) direct links to the WMS of the participating institutions.  In addition, any researcher/organization/country with qualified spatial data over the region may participate in this network either by serving their data through a WMS or by contacting us to serve the data on their behalf."