Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd GIS and Linux Washington DC Linux User Group

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd

GIS and LinuxGIS and Linux

Washington DC Linux User Group

Washington DC Linux User Group


IntroductionsIntroductions

Gina Guerrieri – Account Manager Gina Guerrieri – Account Manager


What is GIS?What is GIS?

Geographical

Information

Systems

Geographical

Information

Systems


Power of GeographyPower of Geography

An estimated 80% of all entries in corporate databases contain some form of geographic (spatial) reference

e.g. Address, storage or site location, place, GPS location, lat/long coordinate, proximity indicator, etc.

Geospatial solutions leverage this under used locational information to improve business understanding, performance and efficiency.

Knowing where can facilitate – how, who, what, when and why.

An estimated 80% of all entries in corporate databases contain some form of geographic (spatial) reference

e.g. Address, storage or site location, place, GPS location, lat/long coordinate, proximity indicator, etc.

Geospatial solutions leverage this under used locational information to improve business understanding, performance and efficiency.

Knowing where can facilitate – how, who, what, when and why.


Why GIS?Why GIS?

Making use of the Where information for: Mapping, Route Planning, Monitoring Demographic Analysis Resource location Asset and facilities management Data Connection and Integration

Enables Visualization, Analysis, and Manipulation

Making use of the Where information for: Mapping, Route Planning, Monitoring Demographic Analysis Resource location Asset and facilities management Data Connection and Integration

Enables Visualization, Analysis, and Manipulation


Who is GenaWare?Who is GenaWare?

Global Software Development Company Develop and market geo-spatial information software

products and tools Global Headquarters in Sydney, AU US headquarters in Durham, NC Offices across the globe

16 year legacy in Spatial Technologies THE only commercially available

GIS/Spatial Technology to run natively on Linux

Global Software Development Company Develop and market geo-spatial information software

products and tools Global Headquarters in Sydney, AU US headquarters in Durham, NC Offices across the globe

16 year legacy in Spatial Technologies THE only commercially available

GIS/Spatial Technology to run natively on Linux


Linux & GenaWareLinux & GenaWare

First Ported our applications to Linux in 1997

Now: Internal infrastructure Primary Development platform About ½ of our desktops

Benefits: Multithreaded Scalable, Reliable, and Secure Low cost Hardware re-use

First Ported our applications to Linux in 1997

Now: Internal infrastructure Primary Development platform About ½ of our desktops

Benefits: Multithreaded Scalable, Reliable, and Secure Low cost Hardware re-use


Benefits of LinuxBenefits of Linux

Lower Hardware Costs Each developer / development team can work on their own

machine

Open Standards and Open Architecture Allows the utilization of Multiple platforms

IBM pSeries (64-Bit) HP Itanium (64-Bit) Intel/AMD (32-bit)

Can scale with our Computational Needs Low cost support from Vendors – Red Hat

SuSE and Others

Lower Hardware Costs Each developer / development team can work on their own

machine

Open Standards and Open Architecture Allows the utilization of Multiple platforms

IBM pSeries (64-Bit) HP Itanium (64-Bit) Intel/AMD (32-bit)

Can scale with our Computational Needs Low cost support from Vendors – Red Hat

SuSE and Others


Public Sector Client QuotesPublic Sector Client Quotes

“We've made a strategic commitment to open source platforms and solutions for our IT infrastructure… GenaWare fits perfectly into our IT environment because they've led the way in designing their full product suite to run on Linux. By using Linux-compatible software like GenaWare, we believe we're getting the best bang for the buck.”

Greg VolanChief Information Officer, City of

Bloomington, IN

“Throughout our 10 years of using GenaWare products as our GIS technology, we have never regretted our decision once. We found it had a short learning curve, ease of use and seamless integration with the Linux platform.”

Dawn PattersonGIS Director, Douglas County, NV

“We've made a strategic commitment to open source platforms and solutions for our IT infrastructure… GenaWare fits perfectly into our IT environment because they've led the way in designing their full product suite to run on Linux. By using Linux-compatible software like GenaWare, we believe we're getting the best bang for the buck.”

Greg VolanChief Information Officer, City of

Bloomington, IN

“Throughout our 10 years of using GenaWare products as our GIS technology, we have never regretted our decision once. We found it had a short learning curve, ease of use and seamless integration with the Linux platform.”

Dawn PattersonGIS Director, Douglas County, NV


Government Customer ApplicationsGovernment Customer Applications

State and Local Government• Land planning and cadastre administration• Hazard mapping, risk management, land reclamation and

environmental studies• Asset management, facilities management, plant security• Environmental management• Land Information Systems• Road and traffic management• Community needs analysis• Public works and enquiry systems

State and Local Government• Land planning and cadastre administration• Hazard mapping, risk management, land reclamation and

environmental studies• Asset management, facilities management, plant security• Environmental management• Land Information Systems• Road and traffic management• Community needs analysis• Public works and enquiry systems


Government Customer ApplicationsGovernment Customer Applications

Defense and Military Border security activities, strategic reconnaissance Mission planning War gaming, simulation and planning Battlefield management system Intelligence gathering, reconnaissance and surveillance Site location, service logistics, operations research Vehicle tracking, route finding and onboard guidance

systems

Defense and Military Border security activities, strategic reconnaissance Mission planning War gaming, simulation and planning Battlefield management system Intelligence gathering, reconnaissance and surveillance Site location, service logistics, operations research Vehicle tracking, route finding and onboard guidance

systems


GIS & Linux BenefitsGIS & Linux Benefits

The Scalable OS runs from PDA to Enterprise Servers

Reliable Attractive at all levels of government,

independent of scale of computing needs High Performance on low spec machines Easy to go to Web

The Scalable OS runs from PDA to Enterprise Servers

Reliable Attractive at all levels of government,

independent of scale of computing needs High Performance on low spec machines Easy to go to Web


Supported GenaWare technologiesSupported GenaWare technologies

Oracle Spatial JWS – Tomcat, Apache, WebSphere RDBMS – Oracle, Postgress, mySQL, DB2 External links to other Systems:

3D Viewer Graphics Manipulation File Manager Browser Integration

Oracle Spatial JWS – Tomcat, Apache, WebSphere RDBMS – Oracle, Postgress, mySQL, DB2 External links to other Systems:

3D Viewer Graphics Manipulation File Manager Browser Integration


Why GenaWare?Why GenaWare?

GenaWare’s Linux Software & Hardware Partners

GenaWare’s Linux Software & Hardware Partners


Why GenaWare?Why GenaWare?

Platform independent and scalable functionality set

Adherence to open industry standards

Extends and integrates with traditional database technologies

Delivers maps, schematics and textual information to a wide range of mobile and wireless devices

Complements existing enterprise technologies

Platform independent and scalable functionality set

Adherence to open industry standards

Extends and integrates with traditional database technologies

Delivers maps, schematics and textual information to a wide range of mobile and wireless devices

Complements existing enterprise technologies


GenaWare ProductsGenaWare ProductsGenaWare is open standards compliant with full functionality available

and is supported on Linux, UNIX and Microsoft operating systems.

The GenaMap Suite

World Viewer - A Windows desktop spatial client. GeoVisJ - A Java client delivering spatial functionality through a

standard Web browser. GenaServer - Intranet and Internet distribution tool. GenaWorlds - Location, image and text integration in a processing

engine. RasDB – Relational database (RDBMS based) image storage and

analysis solution. GenaWare Integration tools - To embed GenaWare functionality

into custom solutions. Ivy – A thin client Intranet/Internet solution using an HTML front

end.


GenaWare ArchitectureGenaWare Architecture


World ViewerWorld Viewer

World Viewer is a Windows desktop application for spatial and textual computing.

World Viewer is a Windows desktop application for spatial and textual computing.

With World Viewer, operational, management and external data holdings can be accessed and linked to locational data delivering a powerful decision support system across the enterprise. Features:•Data is tailored to customer's requirements.•A Microsoft Windows interface that is intuitive, easy to learn and use. •Tools for users to access and query data, perform analysis, capture areas of interest and publish the results.•Integration with desktop productivity

applications e.g. Copy to Microsoft Office.


GeoVisJGeoVisJ

A Java application run in an Internet Browser for the display and query of information.GeoVisJ provides the means to deploy GenaWorld's functionality to desktop or over the Internet using a standard Web browser.

Features•Data is tailored to customer's requirements.•Runs in a web browser.•Publish maps across the enterprise and •beyond. •Centralized data management and control.•Centralized application maintenance.

Benefits•Identify items of interest.•Pictures increase understanding and remove complexity of information.•Reveal trends, patterns and correlations in organization's data holdings.•Can be upgraded easily for an entire organization.


IvyIvyIvy is an HTML application that runs in any standard Web Browser. It supports the display and querying of an Enterprise' data holdings, through an intuitive and simple interface.

Features•Data is tailored to customer's requirements•Runs in standard Web browser•Server can be set to limit quantity of information returned to client•Easy to administer

Benefits•Ideal for publishing of public information internally or to the world.•Identify items of interest.•Pictures increase understanding and remove complexity of information.•Reveal trends, patterns and correlations in organization's data holding


Thank You!Thank You!

Gina Guerrieri

973-398-8425

[email protected]

Gina Guerrieri

973-398-8425

[email protected]

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