Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd GIS and Linux Washington DC Linux User Group

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd Introductions  Gina Guerrieri – Account Manager

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd What is GIS? Geographical Information Systems Geographical Information Systems

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd Power of Geography  An estimated 80% of all entries in corporate databases contain some form of geographic (spatial) reference e.g. Address, storage or site location, place, GPS location, lat/long coordinate, proximity indicator, etc.  Geospatial solutions leverage this under used locational information to improve business understanding, performance and efficiency.  Knowing where can facilitate – how, who, what, when and why.  An estimated 80% of all entries in corporate databases contain some form of geographic (spatial) reference e.g. Address, storage or site location, place, GPS location, lat/long coordinate, proximity indicator, etc.  Geospatial solutions leverage this under used locational information to improve business understanding, performance and efficiency.  Knowing where can facilitate – how, who, what, when and why.

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd Why GIS?  Making use of the Where information for:  Mapping, Route Planning, Monitoring  Demographic Analysis  Resource location  Asset and facilities management  Data Connection and Integration  Enables Visualization, Analysis, and Manipulation  Making use of the Where information for:  Mapping, Route Planning, Monitoring  Demographic Analysis  Resource location  Asset and facilities management  Data Connection and Integration  Enables Visualization, Analysis, and Manipulation

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd Who is GenaWare?  Global Software Development Company  Develop and market geo-spatial information software products and tools  Global Headquarters in Sydney, AU  US headquarters in Durham, NC  Offices across the globe  16 year legacy in Spatial Technologies  THE only commercially available GIS/Spatial Technology to run natively on Linux  Global Software Development Company  Develop and market geo-spatial information software products and tools  Global Headquarters in Sydney, AU  US headquarters in Durham, NC  Offices across the globe  16 year legacy in Spatial Technologies  THE only commercially available GIS/Spatial Technology to run natively on Linux

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd Linux & GenaWare  First Ported our applications to Linux in 1997  Now:  Internal infrastructure  Primary Development platform  About ½ of our desktops  Benefits:  Multithreaded  Scalable, Reliable, and Secure  Low cost  Hardware re-use  First Ported our applications to Linux in 1997  Now:  Internal infrastructure  Primary Development platform  About ½ of our desktops  Benefits:  Multithreaded  Scalable, Reliable, and Secure  Low cost  Hardware re-use

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd Benefits of Linux  Lower Hardware Costs  Each developer / development team can work on their own machine  Open Standards and Open Architecture  Allows the utilization of Multiple platforms  IBM pSeries (64-Bit)  HP Itanium (64-Bit)  Intel/AMD (32-bit)  Can scale with our Computational Needs  Low cost support from Vendors – Red Hat SuSE and Others  Lower Hardware Costs  Each developer / development team can work on their own machine  Open Standards and Open Architecture  Allows the utilization of Multiple platforms  IBM pSeries (64-Bit)  HP Itanium (64-Bit)  Intel/AMD (32-bit)  Can scale with our Computational Needs  Low cost support from Vendors – Red Hat SuSE and Others

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd Public Sector Client Quotes “We've made a strategic commitment to open source platforms and solutions for our IT infrastructure… GenaWare fits perfectly into our IT environment because they've led the way in designing their full product suite to run on Linux. By using Linux- compatible software like GenaWare, we believe we're getting the best bang for the buck.” Greg Volan Chief Information Officer, City of Bloomington, IN “Throughout our 10 years of using GenaWare products as our GIS technology, we have never regretted our decision once. We found it had a short learning curve, ease of use and seamless integration with the Linux platform.” Dawn Patterson GIS Director, Douglas County, NV “We've made a strategic commitment to open source platforms and solutions for our IT infrastructure… GenaWare fits perfectly into our IT environment because they've led the way in designing their full product suite to run on Linux. By using Linux- compatible software like GenaWare, we believe we're getting the best bang for the buck.” Greg Volan Chief Information Officer, City of Bloomington, IN “Throughout our 10 years of using GenaWare products as our GIS technology, we have never regretted our decision once. We found it had a short learning curve, ease of use and seamless integration with the Linux platform.” Dawn Patterson GIS Director, Douglas County, NV

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd Government Customer Applications State and Local Government Land planning and cadastre administration Hazard mapping, risk management, land reclamation and environmental studies Asset management, facilities management, plant security Environmental management Land Information Systems Road and traffic management Community needs analysis Public works and enquiry systems State and Local Government Land planning and cadastre administration Hazard mapping, risk management, land reclamation and environmental studies Asset management, facilities management, plant security Environmental management Land Information Systems Road and traffic management Community needs analysis Public works and enquiry systems

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd Government Customer Applications Defense and Military  Border security activities, strategic reconnaissance  Mission planning  War gaming, simulation and planning  Battlefield management system  Intelligence gathering, reconnaissance and surveillance  Site location, service logistics, operations research  Vehicle tracking, route finding and onboard guidance systems Defense and Military  Border security activities, strategic reconnaissance  Mission planning  War gaming, simulation and planning  Battlefield management system  Intelligence gathering, reconnaissance and surveillance  Site location, service logistics, operations research  Vehicle tracking, route finding and onboard guidance systems

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd GIS & Linux Benefits  The Scalable OS runs from PDA to Enterprise Servers  Reliable  Attractive at all levels of government, independent of scale of computing needs  High Performance on low spec machines  Easy to go to Web  The Scalable OS runs from PDA to Enterprise Servers  Reliable  Attractive at all levels of government, independent of scale of computing needs  High Performance on low spec machines  Easy to go to Web

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd Supported GenaWare technologies  Oracle Spatial  JWS – Tomcat, Apache, WebSphere  RDBMS – Oracle, Postgress, mySQL, DB2  External links to other Systems:  3D Viewer  Graphics Manipulation  File Manager  Browser Integration  Oracle Spatial  JWS – Tomcat, Apache, WebSphere  RDBMS – Oracle, Postgress, mySQL, DB2  External links to other Systems:  3D Viewer  Graphics Manipulation  File Manager  Browser Integration

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd Why GenaWare? GenaWare’s Linux Software & Hardware Partners GenaWare’s Linux Software & Hardware Partners

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd Why GenaWare?  Platform independent and scalable functionality set  Adherence to open industry standards  Extends and integrates with traditional database technologies  Delivers maps, schematics and textual information to a wide range of mobile and wireless devices  Complements existing enterprise technologies  Platform independent and scalable functionality set  Adherence to open industry standards  Extends and integrates with traditional database technologies  Delivers maps, schematics and textual information to a wide range of mobile and wireless devices  Complements existing enterprise technologies

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd GenaWare Products GenaWare is open standards compliant with full functionality available and is supported on Linux, UNIX and Microsoft operating systems. The GenaMap Suite  World Viewer - A Windows desktop spatial client.  GeoVisJ - A Java client delivering spatial functionality through a standard Web browser.  GenaServer - Intranet and Internet distribution tool.  GenaWorlds - Location, image and text integration in a processing engine.  RasDB – Relational database (RDBMS based) image storage and analysis solution.  GenaWare Integration tools - To embed GenaWare functionality into custom solutions.  Ivy – A thin client Intranet/Internet solution using an HTML front end. GenaWare is open standards compliant with full functionality available and is supported on Linux, UNIX and Microsoft operating systems. The GenaMap Suite  World Viewer - A Windows desktop spatial client.  GeoVisJ - A Java client delivering spatial functionality through a standard Web browser.  GenaServer - Intranet and Internet distribution tool.  GenaWorlds - Location, image and text integration in a processing engine.  RasDB – Relational database (RDBMS based) image storage and analysis solution.  GenaWare Integration tools - To embed GenaWare functionality into custom solutions.  Ivy – A thin client Intranet/Internet solution using an HTML front end.

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Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd World Viewer World Viewer is a Windows desktop application for spatial and textual computing. With World Viewer, operational, management and external data holdings can be accessed and linked to locational data delivering a powerful decision support system across the enterprise. Features: Data is tailored to customer's requirements. A Microsoft Windows interface that is intuitive, easy to learn and use. Tools for users to access and query data, perform analysis, capture areas of interest and publish the results. Integration with desktop productivity applications e.g. Copy to Microsoft Office.

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd GeoVisJ A Java application run in an Internet Browser for the display and query of information. GeoVisJ provides the means to deploy GenaWorld's functionality to desktop or over the Internet using a standard Web browser. Features Data is tailored to customer's requirements. Runs in a web browser. Publish maps across the enterprise and beyond. Centralized data management and control. Centralized application maintenance. Benefits Identify items of interest. Pictures increase understanding and remove complexity of information. Reveal trends, patterns and correlations in organization's data holdings. Can be upgraded easily for an entire organization.

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd Ivy Ivy is an HTML application that runs in any standard Web Browser. It supports the display and querying of an Enterprise' data holdings, through an intuitive and simple interface. Features Data is tailored to customer's requirements Runs in standard Web browser Server can be set to limit quantity of information returned to client Easy to administer Benefits Ideal for publishing of public information internally or to the world. Identify items of interest. Pictures increase understanding and remove complexity of information. Reveal trends, patterns and correlations in organization's data holding

Copyright © 2003 GenaWare Pty Ltd Thank You!  Gina Guerrieri  Gina Guerrieri