The purpose of the GeoGarage spatial image server is to :

1. Store huge geographical documents (maps and orthophotos)

on a server hosted by MIS :

  • quick setup : your interactive maps online in a couple of days

  • interactive map provided as a:

    • Flash plug-in
    • Google Maps plug-in
    • or Google Earth kml file

  • easy to install inside your Internet website (MIS supplies a few lines of html code to insert in the webpage containing the plugin) : so no revolution in the architecture of your existing website

  • the user can quickly move on the map or the aerial picture, magnifying without waiting time
  • compatibility with all types of client environment : Windows, Linux or Mac OS
  • nature of digital mapping : vectorial (from GIS) or raster (orthophotos)
  • multiple input formats : wavelet compression (MrSID, ECW, JPEG200), raster (JPEG, PNG, TIFF...), vectorial (SHP, TAB, DXF, PDF...)
  • no limitation in the size of the data
  • attractive price : affordable cost for small structures (no license)
  • no technical maintenance
  • data protection : possibility of image watermarking, protected access (login/password)

2. Display these images with a raster tiles technology

with a multiplatform viewer (user side)

  • easy and convivial interface
  • quick zoom
  • geographical position in Latitude/Longitude WGS84
  • possibility to save P.O.I. at a given scale via some hyperlink
  • management of the different layers to change layer order, to turn layer on/off and to adjust layer opacity: allowing
    • maps comparison
    • data overlays

with a public or private access

Geogarage has been designed for public access. But it can also be restricted to a set of users via a procedure of subscription to the images.

Note: a mixed solution is also possible: a free access for the public data and a controlled access for the confidential data used in Intranet for example.

This is possible by creating various user profiles and by defining the rights of access for each one.One can thus manage accesses differentiated by profiles, with a procedure of identification via login/password.

3. Access to the information related to the different objects displayed on the map

The user can question the map with a simple click to read the additional data

So GeoGarage :

  • allows creation and display of raster tiles coming from Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
  • gives the possibility to request map objects

to appear as a genuine solution of dynamic and interactive webmapping.

Note : beside the raster tiles structure, a geospatial database (PostGres/PostGIS) integrated to the GeoGarage server is used to store GIS vector data.