DbMAP ASJ either takes advantage of all the features,
reliability and scalability of Oracle Locator and
Spatial,
or the flexibility of PostGIS, or any relational
database via JDBC/ODBC (Access, SQL Server, SyBase, MySQL, etc.).
DbMAP ASJ works within any J2EE Containers (ORACLE, TOMCAT,
IBM WEBSPHERE, etc.) running on Windows, Linux and MAC
OS; it offers Web Map Services supported by any WMS clients and offers several other services, through Servlets, like
the usage of Google Earth as a data source. It is supplied
with royalty free advanced java applets, OCX and Java components.
These components can be used freely in WebGIS applications
developed with usual programming tools to build best-of-breed
thin-client web applications, classic client/server desktop
applications and handheld devices applications.
DbMAP ASJ Runtime Server is
either licensed per number of users, or per number of web
server. In both cases DbMAP ASJ Runtime
Server is independent from the number of sessions on the
web server and it is equipped with the image services and
spatial server components for both DbMAP and WMS clients.
DbMAP Viewer & Author is
required on any clients connected to the server component
that needs to manipulate deeply
the spatial data. It works via http and it is licensed
per workstation in every environment where a Runtime Server
exists. WebGIS Author application projects are dependant
from the DbMap ASJ license owned. DbMAP Viewer & Author
includes the Data Manager, which can be directly connected
to the data server via Tcp/Ip.
DbMAP Developer Kit is licensed
per developer workstation and based on the runtime server
license for the development,
test and demonstration in the built applications. DbMAP
Developer Kit is provided with a DbMAP Viewer & Author
license (DataManager included) for development, test and
demonstration. Java applets, OCX/activex and Java components
(for pocket PC either) are used to build and deploy, royalty-free,
all the WebGIS applications. DbMAP Developer Kit is supplied
with source code for the satellite applets components,
which can be modified for a complete customisation of the
user interface. It comes with a full set of templates for
the rapid development of advanced GIS application. End
users of WebGIS client/server or handheld-based applications
built with the Developer Kit must own a DbMAP ASJ Runtime
Server user license, which can be provided by authorized
developers.

picture 1:main architecture of a Web-GIS
solution integrating 2D & 3D based on DbMAP ASJ and
DbMAP Web 3D.
The efficient server component offers
advanced GIS services via Web, taking advantage of any
features
offered by the existing spatial database engine, and accessing
the whole Spatial Data Infrastructure. DbMAP
ASJ Runtime Server offers Map and Image Server services (with multi-source
data support) that can be used for remote visualization
and editing, even directly on any centralised spatial databases.
DbMAP ASJ Runtime Server allows to control the services
and GIS data to be published, through a web interface,
in order to completely integrate with the existing security
system. DbMAP ASJ Runtime Server is easy to install and
to configure; it directly accesses the GIS data sources
to publish, whichever DB they are in and whatever the format
of raster and vectorial files managed.
Author & Data Manager make
GIS portal development very easy. With the included Data
Manager, DbMAP Viewer & Author ensures to
database Administrators and to WebGIS applications developers
a fast productivity, keeping complete control
on the system and the spatial data. Data Manager, directly
connected with the database, makes the population of geospatial
tables easy and fast; it also guarantees the best flexibility
and control of data migration activities. DbMap ASJ Viewer & Author
connects to the DbMAP server component via http (internet
or intranet) and it allows, among others: the best control
on the data; the selection of the layers (even from different
data sources, driver engines and web servers); the visibility
of the services and the desired layout for any single application;
the direct editing of geometries, depending on the available
data management engine installed.
The Developer Kit is complete for
all standard development platforms. DbMAP Developer Kit is
the most complete and powerful solution to develop WebGIS
applications that are interacting with a central Spatial
DB reachable via Web. DbMAP Developer Kit includes advanced
components to build applications on every platform, using
the same development tools already used for the management
applications. These components are not simple modules to
display and surf the GIS data, but complete “objects”
(Applets, OCX/ActiveX and Java classes) offering advanced
“methods” to build reliable and fully controlled
applications requiring the best interaction and integration
among the alphanumeric data and their graphic and geometric
representation, georefered in the space.
The Developer Kit is the complete
solution for all the standard development platforms. DbMAP
Developer Kit is
a powerful solution to develop WebGIS applications that
need to interact with a centralised spatial database, relaying
even on a distributed Spatial Data Infrastructure, and
reachable through the Web. DbMAP Developer Kit includes
advanced components to build applications on any platforms,
using the common development tools. These components are
not only simple modules to display and navigate thrhough
GIS data, but they are full extendeable “objects” (Applets,
OCX/ActiveX and Java classes) offering advanced “methods” to
develop reliable and fully controlled applications requiring
the best interaction and integration among the alphanumeric
data and their graphic and geometric representation, including
the control on their georeference in the space.