Products J osef Frst 2 Learning objectives In this section you will learn: Overviewof the architecture and categories of GIS software, Criteria for selection of a GIS and Overviewof available geodata and services 3 Outline Introduction GIS technology Avaliability of geodata Services Summary 4 Introduction Market is almost overwhelming On one side a concentration on fewdominant products is observed, But also many newproducts (add-ons) Up-to-date information on WWW www.zgis.at www.geobranchen.de www.geoinformatik.uni-rostock.de www.gisportal.com 5 GIS technology Development of GIS technology is closely related to general development of IT Hardware: generally increased power of computers; esp. also peripherals for data acquisition and presentation 3-layer-architecture Integrated application User interface Tools Data management Geodata server Client application User interface Tools Data management Network Application server Browser User interface Tools Data management Network 6 GIS technology System categories and howthey work together GIS-Server / Geodata-Server / Map Server Universal-GIS High-End GIS Desktop-GIS Web GIS Specialized GIS- Applications Network 7 GIS technology Characterization of GIS software categories Category Products (Examples) Application areas Functionality Prize (approximatel y) Universal-GIS High-End- GIS ArcGIS, SICAD, Smallworld, Intergraph MGE Headquarters of utility companies, land register (cadastre), surveying, community administration Complete: aquisition, management of large data bases, analysis, presentation >50.000 EUR Desktop-GIS ArcView, Intergraph Geomedia, MapInfo Operative staff in communities, companies, nearly complete, average data volumes <5.000 EUR Web-GIS ArcView IMS, Autodesk Map Guide, GeoMedia Webmap Administrators, operators, public information systems limited, presentation, little analysis Server: some 1.000 EUR Geodata server ArcIMS, GeoMedia Web Server, Arc SDE Data administrators, data developers Management of large data bases, spatial query some 10.000 EUR Specialized GIS- applications GMS, WMS MapWindow e.g. Hydrological modelling packages with integrated GIS functionality (often DEM), DSS narrow, but well adapted to a specific problem 0 to some 10.000 EUR 8 Availability of geodata Data are the most important part of GIS lifetimeof hardware 3-5 y, software 10 y, many basic data 50 (?) y Increasing availability of geodata Topographic maps, road data, digital orthophotos, demographic data New techniques of acquisition like mobile GPS-based mapping, digitale photogrammetry and satellite and airborne remote sensing EU initiatives, ESDI 9 Availability of geodata Hydrological atlasses Availability of digital drainage networks in Europe RUS KAZ TUR UKR FRA IRQ ESP FIN SWE MAR DEU ITA POL NOR BLR ROM SYR GBR TUN ISL BGR PRT HUN GRC JOR AUT IRL SRB AZE CZE LTU GEO LVA BIH HRV SVK EST CHE ISR NLD BEL MDA ALB ARM DNK MON LBN CYP LUX MLT MCO Rivers and lakes at scale 200 000 or better 100 % of country area >50% Legend: 0 200400600800 Kilometers <50% of country area 10 Services Software development, adaptation, maintenance Development of interfaces, digitizing, scanning, vektorisation, data collection, database design, surveying, field data collection, consulting, training Data conversion, hydraulic networks, satellite image processing, georeferencing, distribution of GIS data, 3D visualization, Internet-GIS Large bandwidth: surveyors, software companies, consulting firms in water landscape planning externalised GIS-services 11 Summary GIS software is the foundation of GIS application. Three layer architecture (data management, tools and user interface) facilitates division of work Current development towards distributed GIS Increasing availability of GIS based data. Many datasets free of cost (or lowcost) for regional investigations Market for GIS software, geodata and a wide range of services