Product Characteristics

Server Configuration

Operating System

• Windows: NT, 2000, XP

• Linux

• Sun Solaris (8 and later)

• Other UNIX Systems are compatible but not implemented to-date

JVM

• Java 2 Standard Edition (1.4 and later)

Web Server/Application Server

• Apache Web Server

• Tomcat

• Microsoft IIS

• Sun iPlanet

• Other Web servers and J2EE compatible application servers are compatible but not implemented to-date

Database

• All JDBC-ODBC compliant databases for system management and external application data

Minimum Requirements

• CPU: 500 MHz

• RAM: 256 Mb

• Disk: 50 Mb + additional space for data to publish

Client Configuration

Operating System

• Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP

• Linux

• MacOS X

• UNIX systems

Web Browser

• Internet Explorer (4.0 and later)

• Netscape (4.07 and later)

• Opera

• Mozilla

JVM

• All browsers' native JVMs are compatible

• Sun Java Plug-in (1.3.1 or later) is recommended

Minimum Requirements

• CPU: 500 MHz

• RAM: 128 Mb

Features

Administration

• 100% Web-based administration

• Wizard-based data and project administration

• User and group permission management

• Wizard-based application deployment

• Log analysis tool

• SQL console

• Link to external LDAP-compliant directories ⁽¹⁾

Spatial Data Access

• GIS files: shapefile, MID/MIF, DGN, DXF, DWG

• ASCII files

• Oracle Spatial 8 and 9

• WMS-compliant server access

• Real-time feeds for dynamic layers

• Tiled TIFF/GeoTIFF files ⁽²⁾

JMap Client

• HTML client (raster)

• Applet clients (vector)

• JavaWebStart-compliant application clients (vector)

• Optimized network data transit

• Optional caching of data on client

• Offline client mode ⁽¹⁾

• Online client help ⁽¹⁾

Layer Management

• Administrator-based and user-based layer management

• Layer control: visibility, selectivity, ordering, graphical and label styles

• Scale thresholds for layer style and visibility

• Attribute-based thematic mapping per layer

• Gradient-based thematic mapping per layer

• Multiple-file layer concatenation ⁽¹⁾

• Binding between map objects and external database attributes ⁽²⁾

Map Interaction

• Map zooming and panning

• Object-based selection

• Hyperlinks on map objects

• Mouse-over tooltips on map objects

• Automated and manual object labeling

• Map copy, map saving, map emailing

• Map rotation ⁽¹⁾

• Multiple format advanced map printing ⁽²⁾

Querying and Reporting

• Map object selection from database queries

• Customizable object-based information request

• Customizable selection-based reporting

• Printable HTML reports

• Report export to spreadsheet applications ⁽¹⁾

Software Development Kit

• Documented Java API

• Client development templates

• Extension integration tool

Available Extensions

Geocoding Extension

The Geocoding Extension contains the following features:

• Online geocoding

• Batch geocoding ⁽¹⁾

• Online reverse geocoding

Multimedia Extension

The Multimedia Extension contains the following features:

• Links between map objects and external documents

Collaboration Extension

The Collaboration Extension contains the following features:

• Online annotation capability (?redlining?)

• Saving of annotation contexts

• Exchange of annotation contexts between users

• Emailing of annotated maps

(1)  New in JMap 2.6

(2)  Improved in JMap 2.6