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Montreal,
2 May 2005 --
KHEOPS Technologies (KHEOPS) announced today the availability of it new business intelligence product JMap Spatial OLAP - OLAP stands for On-Line Analytical Processing. By binding GIS and business intelligence capabilities, this new JMap extension leverages the JMap geospatial server, one of the most robust and extensible enterprise GIS solutions on the market. The Spatial OLAP extension adds to JMap a new OLAP-type client environment in which the mapping element is completely embedded, which represents a world premiere for a commercial application.
Says Dr. Yvan B?dard, a specialist in geospatial databases and the main architect of JMap Spatial OLAP: "For a number of years, research and commercial projects have been trying to improve the interaction between geospatial systems and business intelligence systems. Current examples of technology integration consist of unidirectional, or sometimes bidirectional, links between traditional OLAP environments and a mapping interface. However these solutions do not offer real time synchronization between maps on one side and other elements such as histograms, charts or tables. With JMap Spatial OLAP, the analysts have at the tip of their fingers a rich thematic mapping component that is fully integrated with an OLAP environment. The graphical user interface allows them to navigate through the spatial component using tools like drilling-down or drilling-up through a region, extending a query through a higher level of territorial aggregation, and synchronizing the maps in real time with tables and charts. All this is done using an environment that is 100% consistent between maps and other OLAP components. With JMap Spatial OLAP, the map has become an analytical and interactive tool in the exact same way as more traditional OLAP objects."
The development of JMap Spatial OLAP is a joint effort between KHEOPS and the Centre for Research in Geomatics at Laval University (Quebec). It has benefited from several R&D initiatives, including a partnership with Quebec Transport and projects for GEOIDE Network of Centres of Excellence. The general availability of JMap Spatial OLAP is effective immediately. Three systems are currently running: one at Transport Quebec, one at the Executive Vice-President Office at Laval University, and one at the Quebec National Institute of Public Health. Several research projects are also using the product.
About KHEOPS:
KHEOPS Technologies (KHEOPS) has been a leader in GIS software development since 1995. KHEOPS' flagship product is an online spatial solution called JMap. JMap allows organizations to publish highly interactive geographic applications through enterprise networks, public networks, and mobile networks. JMap is fully compatible with all commercial relational databases, reads common GIS data formats without conversion, runs on Linux, Windows and UNIX, and is fully extensible with a Java software development kit.
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Contact KHEOPS:
Fran?ois Blanc
Director of Marketing
KHEOPS Technologies
fblanc@kheops-tech.com
(416) 781-2367
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