Integration of Digital Pen with GIS Rahul Thakur

About Us Established in 1994, 100 % BEE Company Offices in Durban, Johannesburg, Delhi NCR Data World Pty Ltd. IT Company of the Year 2006 Top 100 emerging ICT Companies 2000 Achievements Buffalo Leopard Software Products Includes 360 ° Street View Part of US $ 40 Million Spatial Data Holdings

About Digital Pen Digital Pattern Files Pen Data Reader Annoto Handwriting Recognition Lexicons for Data Vision Objects Nokia Maxell Logitech Hewlett & Packard Pen Vendors

Examples of Digital Pen Logitech PenNokia Pen

Incomplete Without a Digital Paper

Advantages of Using Pattern Dots Create a Grid of XY Co-ordinatesGives Exact Location Where Pen Just Left the InkKeep Strokes in Vector FormatPattern is Almost Invisible to a Naked EyeThis is No OCROCR is Error Prone and Slow

Combining with GIS

How Technology Operates

Buffalo as GIS Comprehensive Platform for Developing Web and Desktop Based GIS Applications Based on Free Open Source : MapServer Combines Varied Datasets: Shape, Postgis, Oracle, Sql Server, Wide Range of Rasters, Google Maps, Bing Maps & SVG Rich User Interface for Web Applications with SilverlightAccess Control with Built-in EnterpriseLow Entry CostNow a Vertical for Digital Pen

Architecture of Buffalo

Case Study: Durban City - Property Appraisals 150 Data Collectors 15 Teams 30 QA Personnel 10 HWR Editors 6 Months

Durban - DCF

Case 2: Crime Scene Reporting Crime is ReportedPolice Official Visits Crime SceneFiles Report with Digital PenFree-hand Drawing of SceneTake Pictures with Mobile PhoneTicks “Send” on Digital PaperReport is Available at StationGIS Gives Quick Analysis

Crime Reporting: Technology in Use Helping Officers at Station

Crime Reporting: Hot Spot Analysis with GIS Helping Crime Analysts & Other Decision Makers

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