Regio MapCat

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Regio MapCat

• SDK for creating GIS in Internet

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Vision

• Increasingly,
• companies are run by intranet- and interconnected
  with extranet-type of solutions
• these solutions are browser-based
• geospatial information is used ERP, CRM and other
  information systems

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The challenge and the solution

• Challenge
• Geospatial data management is increasingly
  demanded by customers
• but it is difficult to create browser-based AND
  user-friendly application to handle geospatial
  data
• Solution
• Mapcat 1.5

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Mapcat for the IT integrator
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Mapcat for the end customer
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Mapcat architecture

• API for IT integrator to embed GIS into
  browser-based application
• Drivers for creating read-write communication
  with corporate databases
• Supports map servers for backdrop maps
• A. User friendly interface in the client
• B. Server totally programmable
• Efficient and secure communication between MapCat
  client and server

Web browser
User interface made in HTML
A. MapCat client
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Internet
Vector data
B. MapCat server components
Internet map servers
Corporate ERP systems
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MapCat 1.5 functionality (cont.)

• On-the-fly generalisation for rapid transfer of
  vector data over (slow) Internet
• Unique authentication avoids DoS attacks to the
  server, no data is saved even temporarily in the
  client computer to protect vector data
• Client side fully configurable with XML files
• Multi-user support (locking on data object level)
• Vector data API and map server API totally
  programmable (drivers for exotic data sources can
  be created by end user)
• Server side logging and monitoring, LDAP support
• Unicode and multi language support in XML files
• Developer support forum
• and much more

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MapCat sample
Edit, points, lines polygons, multipolygons with
holes etc
Attractive roll-over functionality with
attributes fetched from the database
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MapCat sample
Multi-language and Unicode support configured in
XML files
Layer control, driven by user authentication and
permissions
Zoom, pan, index map and even more gadgets
readily available for developers
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About Regio

• Establised 1990 (spin-off of Tartu University)
• 45 employees
• Areas of activity mobile positioning middleware
  and LBS, GIS software and services, mapping

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Contact

• Regio Ltd.
• Riia 24 Tartu, Estonia
• Narva mnt 13A Tallinn, Estonia
• Phone [phone]
• Ask for demos and additional
• information
• Kristi Pool
• Software Project Manager
• kristi.pool_at_regio.ee
• Phone [phone]