MapInfo

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MapInfo Open GIS Standards

• Ashley Crane
• MapInfo Corporation

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MapInfo Open GIS Consortium

• Commitment to incorporation of standards within
  MapInfo
• CTO has adopted responsibility to track and lead
  standards related activities
• Use of Open GIS Consortium to drive development
  of other standards (e.g. ISO TC211, ISO TC204,
  etc.)

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MapInfo Open GIS Consortium

• Committed resources to drive conform to new OGC
  standards
• Dedicated position within RD team to promote
  standards compliance across MapInfo product range
• Working to align MapInfo product directions to be
  consistent with OGC implementation specifications

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MapInfo Open GIS Consortium

• MapInfo participation within Open GIS
• technical meetings
• planning committee
• board level
• Web Mapping Testbed
• MapInfo participated in WMT 1
• MapInfo participated in WMT 2
• Document specifications for GML

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Current Product Support

• (Web-mapping focus)
• MapInfo MapXtend
• the ability to read/write spatial data from/to
  XML documents using GML format
• covers data transfer with client between server
  based services

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Current Product Support
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Current Product Support
GML
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Current Product Support
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Future Product Support

• Future Product Enhancements -
• MapInfo Professional/MapX
• MapXtreme Java
• Provide out of the box interfaces with complete
  OGC Web Mapping Server compliance

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Future Support - MapXtreme Java
Server(s)
Client
MapXtreme Java Architecture
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Future Support - miAware

• New product - miAware
• Designed to enable delivery of Location Based
  Services
• Extensive use of XML/GML for service interaction
• Platform for delivery of multiple services to
  single client

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Future Support - miAware
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MapInfo Open GIS Consortium

• Summary
• Continued participation in Testbeds and
  compilation of specifications
• Commitment to support and implement OGC standards
  across the MapInfo product range
• Enhancements to existing products new products
  will provide Users with the ability to read/write
  data to GML specifications