Snowflake implementation of new OGC standard

19 August 2010, 11:19am

20 August 2010 - A team from Snowflake Software has successfully demonstrated the first practical implementation of the upcoming OGC WFS-T 2.0 specification within the aviation strand of the OGC OWS-7 testbed.

Web Feature Service and Eventing

Working to real life flight dispatch scenarios (disruption due to volcanic ash and snow), Snowflake effectively demonstrated the powerful capability of GO Publisher to retrieve and update data in real-time via web services (WFS and eventing). Deployed in a secure, distributed IT infrastructure where interoperability and on demand, 24/7 performance are key, Snowflake’s GO Publisher was used to serve aeronautical (AIXM 5.1) and weather (WXXM 1.1) data to dispatchers and pilots in real-time.

Snowflake also demonstrated the flexibility and productivity of GO Loader to transform and load aeronautical and weather data provided in a wide range of schema to produce a single authoritative aeronautical data store which underpinned the project.

The results

The full results have been published by the OGC in the engineering reports at the link below, as well as a set of informative videos to support the findings of the testbed.

The OGC have also announced they will be holding webinars to present the results. The webinars will be held on Thursday 19 August and Wednesday 8 September and more details can be found on their website below.

Melissa Burns, Marketing Manager commented:

“The additional features that the new standard adds to GO Publisher means that as well as being an INSPIRE compliant Web Feature Service, users can perform temporal or stored queries on the data in real-time, enhancing the web service for end users - something many organisations rely on for operational effectiveness and business continuity.”

Melissa added, “We recently unveiled the upcoming release of GO Publisher (including the WFS-T 2.0 technology) at the INSPIRE conference and anyone who would like to trial the latest technology should request a copy of the pre-release version.”

Anyone who would like to request a copy of the pre-release version should register their details at the link below.

About Snowflake Software

Snowflake Software, market innovators in geospatial data solutions, provide commercial off the shelf software products that facilitate data exchange and interoperability within the Data Provider, INSPIRE, Defence and Aviation markets.

Based on open standards, the unique off the shelf GO Loader and GO Publisher products allow you to build next generation Open Data infrastructures by wrapping existing legacy infrastructure.

Combine the off the shelf software with the knowledge of our industry experts, business consultants and training courses and we can work with you to tailor our products and services to your specific needs.

OGC Engineering Results Report

Video of the testbed findings

OGC OWS7 Webinars

Request a pre-release registration

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