Meet the new CoGIS 11 release
The new version introduces various new features and tools, including integration with LDAP, ability to create geoprocessing tools in Python, improvements in the user interface of the platform applications, enhancements in the existing functionality, a few performance improvements, and more.
Read our article to learn about all the updates introduced in CoGIS 11.
CoGIS is more than just a geographic information system
Digital infrastructure platform for creating web map applications and geoinformation portals.
Build your own geoinformation system of any complexity for effective monitoring of spatial objects, solving business problems, and organizing work with large volumes of geodata.
You can organize regulated access to spatial information in accordance with corporate security standards, create information-analytical and statistical reports, and publish interactive maps and GIS services on the Internet.
Platform components
CoGIS is a modular platform consisting of the following components responsible for appropriate functionality:
- CoGIS Designer - Creation of full-fledged web map applications based on map services, geoprocessing and analysis tools, customization of the geoportal structure and content without resorting to classical programming.
- GIS server - Publishing cartographic vector and raster data and geoprocessing tools as web services.
- Geoportal - A single point of user access to published interactive maps, web map applications, web pages, documents, links to external sources.
- Mobile applications - Working with published offline and online maps on Android and iOS mobile devices, using the mobile layout of the web portal and convenient mobile applications.
Creating map applications without coding
One of the distinctive features of CoGIS platform is the ability to create thematic web map applications without resorting to classical programming.
Working with CoGIS Designer does not require any specific technical skills or knowledge of programming languages. The user-friendly interface of CoGIS Designer allows you to customize your geoportal structure, content and functions, adjust access to data in accordance with user rights and set up automatic reactions to such events in the system as data deleting, adding or editing. And all these operations can be performed without involving programmers.
In addition, CoGIS offers a number of ready-made geoprocessing tools provided to create geoprocessing models (a visual representation of the workflow, where several tools are launched sequentially). The use of geoprocessing models will allow you to significantly extend your geoportal functionality and automate performance of various tasks.
High performance and stability
GIS server, as a part of CoGIS platform, provides the high map rendering performance, which is crucial for publishing rich dynamic data. Due to excellent optimization of resource usage, GIS server allows you to publish hundreds of services on a single server.
GIS server enables the fast creation of a tile cache at specified scales and areas (including defining extents via a polygon layer), creation of tiles on the fly, and the ability to update the tile cache when data changes.
In addition, GIS server offers other geodata visualization options, such as objects clustering, heat maps creation, cropping images by tolerance zone, etc.
The configurable service isolation mode improves overall stability of GIS server and ensures uninterrupted operation of entire infrastructure.
How map applications are created
The geodata can be stored in such DBMS as PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, etc. Before publishing, you need to prepare your geodata, that is to set the rendering style, to specify labels, to establish connection with reference books for attributes, etc. In addition, the ready-made maps in KML/KMZ, CMF2 formats, as well as data in GeoPackage format or shapefiles can be used for publication.
The next step is publishing of prepared map projects as web services and creating web map applications based on published web services. GIS server supports OGC and AGS standards.
The published maps are displayed as a hierarchical catalog and are available both in CoGIS web portal and in mobile application CoGIS Mobile.
Customer service and support
Our support team is standing by to help you with sales inquiries, training information, technical support, consulting services, or just general questions. If you are interested in CoGIS platform or have any questions, please contact us at support@dataeast.com, we will be happy to assist you.
At your request, we can conduct a demonstration of the CoGIS platform capabilities at a time convenient for you, so that you can evaluate how useful it can be for solving your problems.
In addition, we recommend you visit our demo portal representing the catalog of published thematic maps provided to familiarize with the variety of CoGIS functions and tools.
CoGIS platform is developed on the basis of the .NET 8.0 framework and can be installed on many operating systems, such as Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, RHEL, Windows Server, etc.
CoGIS is built on the microservice architecture, so one of the following web servers is required for its operation: NGINX, Apache, IIS. If you already have a web server, it can act as an API Gateway/Application Gateway for platform services.
CoGIS supports connection to such DBMS as PostgreSQL (PostGIS), Microsoft SQL Server.