This document discusses GeoMedia SmartClient, a web-based GIS tool. It notes that while computers are getting smaller, data centers are getting larger and handling more data. GeoMedia SmartClient allows organizations to build customized geospatial workflows for their enterprise needs. It provides simple interfaces, enterprise management capabilities, and low installation/support costs as a web solution. SmartClient delivers desktop-like GIS functionality via a web browser. It utilizes caching and tiling to enable high performance on both low-bandwidth and offline networks. The document outlines SmartClient's capabilities and how it provides a smarter way for organizations to access and manage their geospatial information and processes.

1. GeoMedia SmartClient
Ciaran Kirk, Technical Director, IMGS
SMARTERDECISIONS

2. Computers and hardware is getting smaller and faster
8/29/2013
©2012 Intergraph Corporation
2

3. But ….Data centres are getting bigger and more powerful!
8/29/2013
©2012 Intergraph Corporation
3

4. Big Data
2.5 quintillion bytes of data created everyday
Data from social media, digital pictures, mobile phones with
GPS signals
In Geo we have been used to biggish data for a while and
stepped up to catalogue and manage it.
Now we need to be able to take advantage of the toolsets
capability but at the same time make these tools readily
available.
8/29/2013
©2012 Intergraph Corporation
4

5. Networks and connectivity is getting better
Data flows and security of data management is increasing.
With increased capacity and resilience and reduction in cost many SME’s can now access the
same computing power as was the preserve
Tools can work on connected or disconnected networks now
It is the time of the Web Client
8/29/2013
©2012 Intergraph Corporation
5

6. Why do organizations need GeoMedia® Smart Client?
Organizations need GeoMedia® Smart Client because it enables them to implement
geospatial business workflows that are not supported by out-of-the-box products,
in an easy and sustainable way across the enterprise.
Therefore GeoMedia® Smart Client provides:

Simple to use interface that delivers high-end, user and task-focussed workflows

Enterprise data and user management capabilities

Cost and simplicity of installation and support (as a web solution)

7. What is a Smart Client?
Matching the delivery of spatial functionality to users’
abilities and business needs
Complexity of technical requirements
needed to support business workflow
Desktop
Smart Client
Web Mapping
Numbers of users able to make use of the tools

8. GeoMedia® Smart Client
A Smarter Way to Enable Your World
Customers & Industries

9. GeoMedia® Smart Client Customers & Users
 Cities and Municipal Government:
Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Darmstadt, Trier, Klagenfurt, Linz, Salzburg, Wieselburg, Wels, Cracow,
Dabrowa Gornicza, Province of Treviso, Region Veneto & Calabria, Santa Maria da Feira, Sisak,
Labin,…
 Federal Authorities and Regional Government:
Darmstadt cadastral office, German Federal Rail Authority - EBA, 16 states in Germany, Saxony
Police (EOC), state of Vorarlberg (civil protection), Italian National Civil Protection Department - G8
Summit (with SELEX), IACS Austria (Agricultural monitoring & payments), ÖBf AG & SFS (State
Forests in Austria & Hungary), Central Goldfield Shire Council, Glen Eira City Council, …
 Infrastructure companies:
SSB (mass transit), NavLog GmbH (road transport logistics), Deutsche Bahn (infrastructure
management), mobilkom AG (telecomms), Linz AG, TW Kaiserslautern, ABB - El Merk (gas pipeline),
Aurora Energy, …
 Software as a Service (SaaS) Providers:
e.on to 1,000 clients. GISquadrat to 2,500 clients. KRZN Moers to 8,000 clients.

10. Key Features
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Feature rich mapping – Java Client
Multi parameter attribute searches
Advanced analysis tools (select, query etc)
Data capture, dimensioning and redlining
Advanced plotting
Supports large data quantities through caching
Active Directory and LDAP security
• Functionality rights
• Geographic rights

11. 8/29/2013
©2012 Intergraph Corporation
11

12. CAD functions
•
Easy-to-use (…”only” one optimized possibility)
•
Snapping (start-/end- point, vertex, mid point, orthogonal, intersection)
•
Auxiliary constructions (point, distance, polyline, extend-to, arc)
•
Object relations (parallel to, show relations, use existing geometry)
•
Capture and editing dialogs (e.g. input of x/y/z, distance lock, angle lock, …)
•
General functions (e.g. rotate, move, union, split…)

13. 8/29/2013
©2012 Intergraph Corporation
13

14. High level cartographic map display
•
•
•
•
•
Extended style capabilities for GeoMedia Smart Client based on OGC standard
“Symbology Encoding” (SE)
Definition of very complex and scale-dependent styles
Use of SVG and GIF icons to style line strings and area fills
Support of Rich Text Format (rtf) and halo effects
Style Editor (also on the client side)

15. Geo-cache and live connections
LAN
server
Smartclient
2
LAN-cache
3
client-cache
cache-tiles
Web data
png
Administrator:
user & rights
live or cached
update for cache
ERDAS APOLLO
GDO+
jpg
1
server-cache
Publish services
Geo data
ORACLE
WMS
orthophotos
citymaps
SQL Server
Access
WFS
CAD data
ArcView

16. Smart Client GPS and Leica Integration
16

17. GeoMedia® Smart Client
A Smarter Way to Enable Your World
Administrator

18. GeoMedia® Smart Client - Administrator
•
Administrator is designed for managing enterprise projects from smaller municipalities up
to large scale geospatial SaaS providers.
•
Initial project set-up of the map content can be taken (via GM Library) from GeoMedia or
GeoMedia Pro.
•
Administrator is a web based application using the WorkFlow Manager framework!
•
ORACLE or SQL Server is required for storage of the administrative- and meta-data.
•
Definition and management of:
Projects
Live or cache status of feature classes
Settings for tiling and cache update
Queries and analyzes
User & rights for map content, functions, queries,….
Print layouts
Active Directory and LDAP integration
Statistics (LogIn, queries, printing,…)
More…

22. GeoMedia® Smart Client
A Smarter Way to Enable Your World
WorkFlow Manager

23. Workflow Manager (WFM)
1.Configure geospatial processes (“workflow trees”) based on XML files
2.Define automatic validation and conditions for each workflow node
3.Drive (remote control) the Smart Client (map content, area, scale, functions,....)
4.Define forms (for queries, analysis, editing, reports, etc.) using XML files including text
boxes, check boxes, drop-down lists, context-based help, ...
5.Examinations of the inputs or requirement of mandatory fields and pick lists
6.Integrate external applications on the server side
7.Define workflow steps and forms based on user- & rights-management
including connection to Active Directory or LDAP
8.Monitor, control and execute asynchronous (decoupled) processes like server-side map
production, data import, export & supply for downloads,….
9.Server: based on Microsoft. NET WebServices (WCF = Windows Communication
Foundation)
10.Client: HTML based - IE, Firefox,… or Java “integrated” Browser (WebKit)

24. Smart Client Planning and Property Demonstration

25. GeoMedia® Smart Client – Top 10 characteristics
1.Supports vector and raster data on the client side
2.Very fast, intelligent geo-data caching & tiling (raster and vector) in use since 1999
3.Modern map control for navigation & smooth (Google maps like) map loading
4.No 3rd party dependencies on software, browser or operating system
5.GeoMedia Smart Client can work offline - for mobile tasks or if connectivity is lost
6.Capture, edit, redline, measure, server and client-side queries, bookmarks,…
7.Advanced printing on the client side (including rotated views and up-to A0)
8.Workflow Manager (including Form-Generator and Task-Dispatcher) to handle complex
processes step-by-step (“rapid” project configuration and implementation)
9.Proven interfaces to integrate Smart Client with other web- or desktop applications
10.High-level enterprise administration for users, roles, rights, functions, projects, etc…

26. GeoMedia® Smart Client
A Smarter Way to Enable Your World
Functional product levels

27. 3 “functional” product levels
Professional:
All of the features and functionality of the Advantage product, plus:
• Ability for an organization to define their own workflows or modify existing ones (includes Workflow
Manager–Editor).
Advantage:
All of the functionality of GMSC Essentials, plus:
• Ability to utilize predefined business process
workflows and edit data.
• Additional Workflow Manager-Runtime enables
customers to run pre-built workflows, edit attributes
or capture and change spatial data on the web client
and push the changes back to the server data base.
Essentials:
•
•
•
•
Ability for an unlimited number of users to display raster and vector maps, analyze and query data, print,
high-end vector redlining, measure and dimensioning-functions.
Vector database capability to read ORACLE and Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
Raster format support includes TIFF, JPG, PNG.
Advanced client & server geo-caching for raster and vector data to ensure high performance.

28. Key Benefits
• Enterprise GIS functionality through a web client
•
• True GIS tools without the desktop
• Workflow management deployed time and again.
• Update the system from central – no mass desktop updates
needed!
• Geo expert setup once and deployed to many users

29. Summary
Computers are smaller
Data is
bigger
Networks are faster
GIS is SMARTER
8/29/2013
©2012 Intergraph Corporation
29

30. Questions?
SMARTERDECISIONS
8/29/2013
©2012 Intergraph Corporation
30