Product Overview

Product Architecture

JMap is a three-tiered client/server solution consisting of:

• a server application called JMapServer,

• a Web-based administrator system called JMapWebAdmin,

• access modules to various spatial data sources,

• access modules to various relational database management systems,

• graphical clients connecting to the server through a Web Server,

• optionally, business-oriented Extensions, that are plug-and-play modules tied to JMapServer,

• optionally, custom-defined extensions and integration modules toward third party applications.

JMapServer

JMapServer is one of the most robust and scalable servers of spatial data  available. Many implemented systems witness hundreds of concurrent users requesting spatial data, without loss of performance.

JMapServer is tightly coupled with a Web Server or Servlet container, which will send spatial information through Internet-Protocol compatible networks, and will thus make interactive online mapping applications available to decision makers, on their environment of choice.

Client Applications

Decision-makers come in all shapes and forms. Whether you are a marketing specialist analyzing the spatial distribution of current sales, a field technician preparing to dig a new foundation, a tourist finding hotels near your favorite vacation spot, you do not have access to the same environment. For that reason, JMap applications are built to run optimally on workstations, laptops, personal digital assistants, and cellular phones, with a type of connectivity ranging from a local area network to high-speed internet, to dial-up, and to wireless internet.

Access Modules

JMap can access the most common vector and raster formats of the GIS industry. As of today, the following formats are read natively by JMap.

Vector files

• shape

• MID/MIF

• DWG

• DGN

• DXF

Raster formats

• TIFF

• GeoTIFF

ASCII

• delimited files (point-coordinates only)

• SVG

Spatial databases

• Oracle Spatial

Open GIS Consortium (OGC) Specifications

• WMS

JMapWebAdmin

JMapWebAdmin, JMap's online administration tool, is acclaimed as one of the most straightforward spatial administration tools available.

JMapWebAdmin is fully wizard-based and encompasses all administrative tasks for spatial dataset, relational database, user/group permission, and application management from a user-friendly Web interface.

JMap Extensions

JMap can be extended at both the client level and the server level. A number of business-oriented extensions are available off-the-shelf. These are:

• The JMap Geocoding Extension

• The JMap Collaboration Extension

• The JMap Multimedia Extension

Learn more on the JMap Extensions by visiting the dedicated pages.

JMap SDK

JMap can be extended and integrated with third party software by using the well documented software development kit, JMap SDK.

JMap SDK comprises:

• A well-documented API of over 300 JMap classes,

• A Guide to extension building,

• Predefined JMap client templates.

The JMap architecture
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A JMap Java client

JMapWebAdmin