Taiwan Launches Web GIS Platform

The Construction and Planning Agency (CPA), the central government authority responsible for the national spatial resource planning in Taiwan, launched its web GIS platform about Non-Urban land development and evaluation to improve data management and to accelerate the convenience of using its query system.

The web GIS platform which they aptly called the “Examination System of Non-Urban Land Development Permission“ (ESNULDP) was launched in order to deal with large quantities of cases CPA receives each year.

According to an official statement, Since the ESNULDP needs to manage numerous data, the CPA collaborated with a leading global GIS software provider , to help CPA adopt the necessary technologies needed in order for the agency to meet their goals.

SuperWebGIS, a web server software, was adopted in the system to rapidly integrate various data and publish these resources online. With this technology in place, authorities on examination and the general public can now both browse and query on land information promptly and easily via the internet. [via]

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GGP Web GIS for Online Mapping of Public Information

GGP Systems has launched a new version of its web based GIS. Designed to make UK local authority service information readily accessible via the Internet, eGGP 2009 provides access to data held in spatial database formats and supports national initiatives such as t-Government and Communities in Control. The software has a new-look user interface with advanced mapping functionality and a faster more refined online experience underpinned by a reworked map rendering engine. eGGP 2009 also provides improved security with sophisticated user authentification and account management.

'In this digital age we all expect answers in an instant,' commented Tim Maxwell, Managing Director of GGP Systems. 'For Councils this can be a mammoth task providing citizens with access to information ranging from 'where's my nearest recycling centre' to 'am I in a conservation area'. eGGP 2009 enables the online delivery of easy to understand, up to the minute service level information meeting many of the aspirations of the Communities in Control Agenda - primarily by providing easy access to clearly presented information letting people know what has happened and what is being planned in their local area.'

eGGP 2009 includes the ability to access and display data held in a variety of spatial database formats. Supporting a drive towards shared services this builds on the work undertaken by GGP Systems to develop solutions to the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) international standards. eGGP 2009 also offers improved security with user log in and authentification allowing defined control of access to information. With four 'user levels' - home, group, department and corporate - this ensure sensitive information is only accessible to authorised users. Advanced map query options including polygon based querying and distance and area measurement tools together with a reworked map rendering engine

eGGP 2009 is part of a suite of software solutions from GGP Systems that includes an upgraded version of their desktop GIS and GGP's land, property and street gazetteer management software GGP NGz. GGP GIS 2009 also includes advanced spatial data storage functionality, improved data security and user authentification and support for Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. GGP NGz 2009 includes new functionality for Street Naming and Numbering (SNN) and Candidate Processing. The GGP 2009 software suite is also supported for running in a Windows Server 2008 64bit environment and supports Oracle Locator 9i, 10g and 11g.

Product sales inquiries Prim Maxwell at GGP tel. +44 (0)20 8686 9887, e-mail: prim@ggpsystems.co.uk, www.ggpsystems.co.uk.

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Web GIS as a software as a service (SaaS)

eSpatial, the global Web GIS and Geographic Business Intelligence company, today announced the world’s first full-function Web GIS as a software as a service (SaaS) at CTIA Wireless Conference, April 1-3 at the Ireland Pavilion, Central Hall, C3 Booth #6310.

Geographic information is vital for Telecommunication companies when determining where customers are located and managing the roll out of services effectively. With eSpatial’s Web GIS as SaaS, Telcos can integrate geographic and related business data from a variety of sources and present it in a controlled manner over the web. Departments can migrate core aspects of planning and engineering and other key workflows to a single shared environment and therefore increase efficiency in network rollout processes for design, planning, optimization and maintenance. As the solution is web based, this same environment can be used to improve Facilities and Assets Management, Marketing and Sales and Customer Relationship Management e.g. use same web based system to determine geographies for customer base growth and aid marketing departments on where to concentrate efforts and therefore use budgets more effectively.

Telcos have large complicated spatial applications generating huge quantities of stove-piped spatial data. With Web GIS as SaaS from eSpatial, Telcos can log in to an intuitive, easy to use application to organize and understand complex business processes, answer questions, solve problems and plan ahead by looking at data in a way that is quickly understood and easily shared as digital maps.

"This is the first and only online solution providing secure, full-function GIS capabilities over the Internet as SaaS," said Philip O’Doherty, CEO, eSpatial. "eSpatial’s Web GIS offers immediate return on investment to telcos by consolidating databases, increasing individual employee productivity using a single, consistent architecture delivered over the web. It can also replace outdated CAD and GI tools. This means that decision-making can be scaled rapidly throughout a company on mission-critical projects and services."

For more information about eSpatial visit: www.espatial.com

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Orion’s OnPoint Web GIS

VELOCITIE Integration, Inc. announced today that the City of Ann Arbor has completed its implementation of Orion’s enterprise Web-GIS solution, OnPoint™ Enterprise. The City is expanding their GIS with this easy-to-use web interface to allow access to the City’s growing spatial data repository.

VELOCITIE, an Authorized OnPoint™ reseller, provided its expertise in Web-GIS development and consulting to configure OnPoint Enterprise on the City’s intranet to better utilize all of their GIS data as well as integrate with the City’s computerized maintenance management system, Azteca’s Cityworks. This integration with Cityworks, which is used to maintain work orders, service requests, and scheduled maintenance, allows City employees to see the status of work being performed across the City via the website.

Located in Lower Michigan approximately 30 miles west of Detroit, the City of Ann Arbor is home to approximately 115,000 citizens and the University of Michigan. The City of Ann Arbor is Michigan's seventh largest city whose residents include about 37,000 college or graduate students living within the City’s 27 square miles.

“The City needed a vehicle to allow our employees to access work orders via the intranet. By implementing OnPoint and integrating it with Cityworks our employees are able to navigate links on the site to get the information they need to check the status of work orders and perform other maintenance related job duties,” stated Russ Hanshue, the City’s Applications Delivery Manager.

About VELOCITIE
VELOCITIE Integration, Inc. provides integrated enterprise GIS solutions for utilities, municipalities and telecommunication companies. With offices in Green Bay and Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Denver, Colorado, the team at VELOCITIE brings over 250 years of combined experience in serving the GIS industry. VELOCITIE has the knowledge, insight, experience, and proven success to ensure that its clients have a clear path for implementing GIS with their business needs in mind. Our objective is for clients to realize the true benefits and cost savings of integrating GIS technology with their IT and core business practices while implementing a wide array of industry leading products.

To find out more about VELOCITIE, visit www.velocitie.com

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