British Transport Police Choose ISM Web Open....

11 April 2009, 1:07pm

British Transport Police Choose ISM Web Open Source Based Intranet GIS Solution

The British Transport Police (BTP) has chosen Spatial Technology’s ISM Web Open Source based GIS mapping solution for deployment across its whole organisation. Significantly this decision follows close on the heels of the Government’s latest pronouncement on Open Source software which recommends more widespread consideration and adoption across the public sector.

Spatial Technology’s ISM Web which, has been under continuous development for over five years, is a robust customisable Web GIS ideally suited for any organisation wishing to distribute, manage, present and analyse spatial information via a standard web browser interface. It includes a rich set of easy-to-use standard and advanced GIS tools. These can be applied to a variety of data sources and used for data capture and edit with the same precision and quality you would expect from desktop CAD/GIS systems.

With its MapServer Open Source mapping engine ISM Web represents the best balance between functionality and cost opening the way to wider GIS adoption whilst delivering significant savings over traditional desktop solutions.

“We are moving forward with ISM Web as it provides a very cost-effective and flexible Intranet GIS solution based around the MapServer Open Source mapping engine,” said Michael Wallace, G.I. Manager at BTP. “We have trialled it extensively and linked it directly to our ISM spatial data warehouse solution, which is scaled to hold over eight terabytes of information, without any problems. The flexibility of, and open standards behind, ISM Web have enabled us to easily link it to our internal gazetteer, and will soon power our mobile mapping solution. We are looking forward to rolling out this very capable GIS solution to all BTP staff, nationwide, and also integrating ISM Web further with other BTP applications, in the very near future. This not only reduces costs but enables the benefits of GIS to be available throughout the force,” continued Wallace.

“This is our first deployment of ISM Web in the UK and we are thrilled, said Ian Rudd, Managing Director of Spatial Technology UK. “For customers it ticks several boxes, not least its Open Source underpinnings in the light of recent Government recommendations. Perhaps more important are the huge savings over traditional desktop licensing. This enables deployment of a very capable browser based GIS across a whole organisation whatever its size,” continued Rudd.

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