MapInfo Envinsa Enterprise Software
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EOLS delivers 'hosted applications' to customers without the need to bring MapInfo software or data in-house. The data and applications can be accessed via the Internet, providing organizations with the benefits of location enabling their enterprise, with minimal internal resources and without the need for capital investment. Because these services are offered on a transactional pricing model, there is an outstanding return on investment.
Business Benefits:
- Faster Time to Market: The Envinsa Online service provides a complete suite of location capabilities without the need to set-up new hardware and software in-house.
- Reduced Complexity: Developers can simply embed location capabilities into your existing Web presence with minimal code change.
- Satisfies Multiple Business Requirements: Envinsa online can be integrated into may types of applications including web locators, call centers, asset tracking applications, mobile applications, analytical applications and more.
- Critical Safety Guards: The service can provide security safety guards to ensure that sensitive information (i.e. customer addresses) is never compromised.
- User Account Administration: Makes it easy to account for transaction usage by application, department or individual.
Technical Benefits:
- Fully Managed Service: The application and all critical components are monitored, managed and maintained around the clock.
- Web Services: Purpose-built services deliver specific functionality through a single API that dramatically reduces the average developer's learning curve.
- Security, Encryption, and Authentication: You can ensure that only the people or applications you want to have access to crucial location data are allowed to access.
- Integration into Nearly Any Environment: Envinsa Online services have been integrated into many environments including Java applications, .NET applications, C++ applications and even mainframe applications. One interface provides maximum flexibility to support nearly any environment you may have.
- Working with Client Data Behind Their Firewall: Allowing the customer to better manage their data and ensure the highest level of privacy and security of such data.
In addition to offering the power of Envinsa as a web service, MapInfo can also offer the additional services of hosting customer data, when practical, as well as custom application hosting. The MapInfo Professional Services team enjoys a long history of providing custom solutions for our customers. It is our experience that a strong partnership between MapInfo and the customer is the best foundation for a successful implementation. MapInfo is able to offer a comprehensive package, and include recommendations beyond Envinsa Online including design and development services, supporting services such as training, and ongoing technical support we feel is necessary for a successful implementation and ongoing success.
EOLS utilizes Envinsa, which is a Java based, Web Services location platform that provides a suite of location capabilities commonly used across hundreds of location applications.
- Location Utility Service to handle geocoding and reverse geocoding functionality including street address, postal code, intersection and custom-defined content.
- Directory Service to handle 'find the nearest' capabilities plus filtering for various attributes available in the data source. This service works with both standard relational databases such as Oracle 9iAS and spatial databases. It also supports real-time data feeds such as traffic, weather and other dynamic content sources (for additional fees).
- Presentation Service to present information on maps including points, regions and lines. This service also allows users to zoom in and out, and pan around the map.
- Coordinate Conversion Service ensures that all data are in the correct coordinate system to properly align.
- Route Service handles the creation of driving directions, multi-point routes (with multiple stops) and route distance calculations between multiple points.
- Web Feature Service provides collections of map features you may wish to perform calculation on or to simply display additional details on a map.
- Detailed Street Maps and wide-range Points-of-Interest including Public Buildings, Parks, Landmarks, Neighborhoods, and more. Information is updated every quarter to provide the latest geographic information as it's available
An Infrastructure Platform (installation, management, monitoring, security, etc.)
- Envinsa Online Services is constantly monitored and updated. Ongoing maintenance and updates, monitoring security settings, user account management and usage metering is designed with minimal to no impact.
- Account Management enabling you to set-up and administer multiple developers' accounts in support of multiple application requirements.
- Report Creation enabling you to understand overall usage, usage by capability, usage by developer and other time-based metrics that assist in planning and budgeting
A Set of Software Development Kits (XML, Microsoft, .Net, and Java)
- The Envinsa Online offering provides all of the location capabilities you require to develop your solution. Typical Skills required include:
- Java, .Net, or Web Service application development skills.
- Web application design and development experience.
- Architecture experience.
- Interface (GUI) design experience.
- Web Services delivered as XML using SOAP, plus developer kits to provide Java and .Net developers with more familiar objects
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