SYSGIS map Server

• Data Security and Control: You maintain complete control over your sensitive geospatial data, ensuring it resides within your organisation's infrastructure and security protocols.
  
  
• Customisation and Flexibility: You have full flexibility to configure the server, software, and data according to your specific needs and workflows, without the limitations of a hosted solution.
  
  
• Performance and Speed (Potentially): For users within the local network, accessing data and maps can be faster due to lower latency compared to external servers.
  
  
• Independence from Internet Connectivity: Your core GIS mapping capabilities remain functional even without a reliable internet connection.

• Integration with Local Systems: Easier integration with other internal systems, databases, and applications within your local network.
  
  
• Cost-Effectiveness (Long-Term): Depending on usage and data volume, a local server can be more cost-effective in the long run compared to recurring subscription fees for cloud-based services.
  
  
• Compliance with Regulations: For organisations with strict data sovereignty or regulatory requirements, a local server ensures compliance by keeping data within defined geographical boundaries.

• Support for various map formats: Vector (e.g., GeoJSON, Shapefile, PostGIS), raster (e.g., GeoTIFF, JPEG, PNG), and tile formats (e.g., WMTS, TMS, XYZ).
  
  
• Dynamic map rendering: Ability to generate map images on the fly based on user requests, including pan, zoom, and extent changes.
  
  
• Styling and Symbology: Support for defining and applying styles to map layers, including colours, line weights, symbols, and labels. This should ideally support standard styling languages (e.g., SLD).
  
  
• Labelling: Intelligent label placement and conflict resolution to ensure readable and informative maps.
  
  
• Scale-dependent rendering: Ability to show or hide features and adjust styles based on the map scale.
  
  
• Support for diverse data sources: Connections to various spatial databases (e.g., PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Oracle Spatial), file-based data (e.g., Shapefiles, GeoJSON), and web services (e.g., WFS, WMS).
  
  
• Data abstraction: A mechanism to access data without exposing the underlying data structure directly to the client.
  
  
• Data security and access control: Ability to define user roles and permissions to control access to specific data layers and functionalities.
  
  
• Web Map Service (WMS): Implementation of the OGC WMS standard to serve rendered map images over the web. Clients can request maps with specific layers, styles, and spatial extents.
  
  
• Web Feature Service (WFS): Implementation of the OGC WFS standard to provide access to the actual vector data (features) with their attributes over the web. Supports querying, filtering, and potentially transactional operations (WFS-T).
  

• Web Coverage Service (WCS): Implementation of the OGC WCS standard to serve raster data (coverages) over the web, allowing for data download and analysis.
  
  
• Tile Map Service (TMS) / XYZ Tiles / Web Map Tile Service (WMTS): Support for serving pre-rendered map tiles for faster loading and better performance, especially for base maps.
  
  
• Attribute-based querying: Ability to filter and retrieve features based on their attributes (e.g., "show all cities with a population greater than 1 million").
  
  
• Spatial querying: Support for spatial operations like identifying features at a specific point, within a bounding box, or intersecting with a polygon.
  
  
• Basic spatial analysis (optional but valuable): Depending on the target users, consider including basic analytical functionalities like buffering, distance calculations, or overlay analysis.
  
  
• Caching mechanisms: Implement caching at various levels (e.g., tile caching, feature caching) to improve response times and reduce server load.
  
  
• Efficient data indexing: Utilise spatial and attribute indexes in the underlying data stores for faster data retrieval.
  
  
• Load balancing and scalability: Design the server architecture to handle a large number of concurrent users and requests. Consider options for horizontal scaling.
  
  
• Authentication and authorisation: Secure access to the server and its resources through user authentication and role-based authorisation.
  
  
• Logging and monitoring: Comprehensive logging of server activity and performance metrics for monitoring and troubleshooting.
  
  
• Administrative interface: A user-friendly interface for managing data sources, styles, users, security settings, and server configuration.

Compatible with : DIMETRA X CORE, DIMETRA Express, IP Site Connect, Capacity Plus, Linked Capacity Plus, Connect Plus, Capacity Max, ASTRO M-Core, ASTRO L-Core, ASTRO K-Core, Intelligent Middleware Server.