Real-time conference with geospatial data analysis

What is GeoConference?

GeoConference is an innovative way for your organization to share in real-time maps and images with distant colleagues and clients. It is a complete geographic information-based conferencing system. Create users, add data sources, and you'll have everything you need to hold geoconferencing sessions – right out of the box.

Why GeoConference?

The GeoConference is an interactive environment, which offers all users a common workspace to share data, ideas and exchange geospatial information in real-time. Since everyone is looking at the same georeferenced map, geospatial intelligence can effectively and easily be integrated into various decisions making processes.
GeoConferencing saves an organization time and money by allowing team members to come together in a virtual setting to make fast and accurate assessments. TGIS advanced GeoConferencing technology is a valuable tool when coordinating events such as emergency response, disaster management, and urban planning activities.

The GeoConference System Architecture

The GeoConference system uses a multi-tiered, client-server architecture. It has three main components: The GeoConference Client lets users access and participate in Internet map conferencing sessions. The GeoConference Server acts as the bridge between GeoConference Client application participants; and the GeoConference DataProviders support a variety of geoinformation (industry-standard geodata and image and Internet map services)

GeoConference Client

The GeoConference Client lets users access and participate in Internet map conferencing sessions. All participants (users) see the same view of the georeferenced workspace at the same time. Each participant controls a pointer to identify map elements to the other users; and each can annotate the map or edit other users' annotations. Further, discussions are supported through instant messaging.

• may be freely distributed to all interested parties within your organization
• easy to deploy lightweight application
• firewall-friendly (no IT configuration required)
• supports bandwidth optimization (may use a second binary communication protocol for slow connections)

GeoConference Server

The GeoConference Server plays a central role. It acts as the bridge between GeoConference Client application participants. It manages all sessions and users. It also requests and fuses multi-source georeferenced information from one or more data providers.

• offers easy enterprise deployment (out-of-the-box application)
• supports data synchronization (all participants share the common georeferenced workspace at all times)
• provides authentication and access control (logon identification)
• conservers (What does this word mean?) information and knowledge (The GeoConference Server keeps track of all data sources, of their representations and of annotations)

System management and piloting tools are available to administrators to manage users, workgroups, active and saved sessions, templates and datasets.

GeoConference DataProviders

GeoConference DataProviders connect to a variety of geoinformation (industry-standard geodata and image and Internet map services). The GeoConference system allows you to keep original data private since they never travel beyond the DataProvider computer.

• ensures viruses are unable to infect users through file copies
• no waiting time when adding a new data source (of any size) to a GeoConference
• supports various types of Data sources (vector, raster grid, imagery)
• supports OGC WMS
  

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