Freestyler Map Style Editor

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Freestyler Map Style Editor
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Galdos Systems

• Founded in 1998 XML for Spatial
• Creators of GML
• Chair OGC GML SIG and RWG
• Products and Services for GML
• 15 employees

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Recent Projects/Products

• GML Connector GML for legacy stores.
• Cartagena Advanced virtual GML database
• Freestyler GML ? SVG Web Mapping Suite
• OWS OGC Web Services
• Service Registry ( services, data, sensors)
• Sensor Modeling Language (fixed/mobile,
  in-situ/remote) sensors.
• Web Feature Service (Filter grammar)
• CASA/SMS Situation Management

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Open Source Projects

• GML4J API at Source Forge
• GML Extension Functions for XSLT (our site)
• UML ? GML Schema Writer.
• Data Management Verification Tools

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Feature Styling for the WWW
Map Style Editor
Symbol Editor
Map Style Library
Style Engine
DescribeFeature
Map Symbol Library
Web Feature Server
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GML Mapping Examples
Same spatial data many different styles !
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FreeStyler Summary

• Uses augmented XSLT style sheets (extensions).
• Features
• Text labels attached to point features.
• Symbol properties are user-defined functions of
  feature properties.
• Style sheets are compiled for improved
  performance.
• Generates SVG output including images/vectors.
• Future support for Mobile SVG (cell phones, PDA
  devices)
• Use an SVG viewer for client. Use any GML 2.
  Compliant NFS.
• Plug-ins allow any SVG graphics tool to be a
  symbol editor,