Want to have a campus mapping system - for visitors - students - staff. Works on iOS and Android platforms as well as desk top. Provides navigation services, building and staff information.

1. Mobile Campus Mapping System
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2. Galdos Systems – Some Background
• Original creator of Geography Markup
Language (GML) – world leader in application
of GML and other open standards to automated
information exchange.
• Tools/Components for secure, real time
sharing (aggregation/distribution) of geographic
and geographically related information.
• System solutions for public safety/security,
urban development & transportation, aviation,
environmental protection etc. in North America,
Europe and the Middle East.
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3. Some Galdos Customers
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4. Mobile map display using University’s data.
Virtual Control Center
University’s
own Data
Maps on laptops, iOS
Campus Mapping System and Android Devices
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5. Galdos Campus Map System
GETTING UP AND RUNNING
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6. Get up and running fast!
• Provide us the data layers you want on the map.
– E.g. ESRI Geodatabase, Oracle spatial database etc.
• No data? No problem. We can collect for you using images and on site
inspection.
• Let us verify your data.
• We create your mobile database.
• You provide branding information and logos.
• We install your virtual control center and deploy your mobile apps on
the Google and Apple app stores.
• You inform your users that the “app” is available.
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7. Galdos Campus Map System
EXAMPLE – KING ABDUL-AZIZ U.
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8. Capabilities – What it does
• Mobile map display
using University’s data.
• Pan and Zoom on map.
• Turn on/off map layers.
• Identify buildings.
• Search by:
– Classification (types)
– Free text (layers)
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9. Capabilities – What it does
• See building information,
images, floor plans.
• Search for:
– Persons
– Buildings
– Points of Interest
• University can add or modify
data.
• University can change map
colours/styles by feature type
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10. Capabilities – What it does
• Data can be dynamic (e.g.
event, road closure)
• Find shortest route between:
– Buildings
– Points of Interest
– User specified location(s)
• List or Map Views.
• Bookmark favourite
locations.
• Text, POI, Bookmarks in any
language.
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11. Identify Buildings
• Touch a building or other feature
• Building name is displayed.
• Touch the arrow
• See additional information about
the building
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12. See Building Information
• Building name and address
• Building images.
• Building floor plans
• Directions to/from the building
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13. Search by free text or by taxonomy
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14. Search for Buildings
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15. Search for People
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16. Search for People
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17. Search for buildings, events, points of interest
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18. Compute shortest route(s)
• Touch directions
• Select start point (book mark)
• Select end point (book mark)
• See route
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19. System Architecture
Authoring Client (s)
End User
Client (s) End user clients:
• Windows desktops
• iOS (iPhone, iPad)
• Android (e.g. Samsung, Google etc)
Internet
INdicioTM Business Logic Tier
Tiling Cache Routing Harvester
Engine Manager Engine GIS or Spatial DB
e.g. streets, building
INdicioTM Web Registry Service footprints etc
PostGresTM DBMS
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20. System Architecture – Software Infrastructure
Application Server
Access Control Apache TomCat
SUN/Oracle INdicioTM Web PostGres
PDP Registry Service DBMS
Windows or Linux OS
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21. System Architecture – Hardware & Devices
Browser based clients Authoring Client
LDAP Server
Internet by KAU
Android & iOS devices Internet
INdicio Registry
Service
PostGres DB
SUN XACML PDP
End User Clients
Hardware supplied by University
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22. Potential Future Capabilities – Campus Map
• Additional data layers. New object types.
• Student/Staff time tables online with “next class” directions and
routing. Staff office hours.
• Turn by turn instructions. Remembered routes.
• 3D map with 3D buildings.
• Routes optimized for walking (e.g. coolest)
• Routing based on land marks.
• Location marking (e.g. staff) on floor plans.
• Marking of events (e.g. races, rallies etc)
• Mobile client observation capture.
• Automatic GIS/Spatial DB Synchronization
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23. Additional Applications – Mobile Maps
• Campus Security – integration with security
systems.
• Asset information capture – asset verification.
• Emergency response.
• Crowd monitoring & management.
• Virtual tours in attracting new students.
• Many others.
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24. Galdos Mobile Mapping Platform
DEEPER LOOK AT THE
TECHNOLOGY
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25. Galdos - Mobile Mapping Platform
Desk tops (Windows, Mac)
Tables, map widgets, query
widgets, images, drawings Mobile Devices (iOS, Android)
etc
Client Tier Mobile, Desktop
Routers, fast XML
parsers, distance Business Object Tier
field computation,
tiling engine etc. Web Service Tier
(WFS, WRS) Server
Web Registry Service Database Tier
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26. Web Registry Service is a Geo-spatial Web Service
Web Registry Service • CSW-ebRIM
• Objects with
geometry
• SAML/XACML Security
WRS XML
Requests
Client • Transformation utility
XML • Standard Clients
Responses • Exploration
• Publication
INdicioTM • Modeling
• Client tools (API)
• Automated notification.
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27. INdicioTM - WRS/ebRIM Overview
Unmanaged
relationship
Like a card
catalogue INdicioTM WRS Like books in
another library
ebRIM Registry
External Image or
WRS Data Set Repository
Client
Internal XML
Repository
Managed 1:1 Like the books in the
relationship stacks of a library
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28. INdicio WRS – Artifact Manager - ebRIM
Classification Schemes (tags) e.g. classify points of interest
Digital Artifact
e.g. building
Digital Artifact ID
Associations
Digital Artifact
Digital Artifact Digital Artifact
SLOTS (Properties)
Digital Artifact
Packages
e.g. Building shape
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29. INdicioTM – Artefact Manager
Point of Building
Interest
Walkway
Road Way
Services
All can have geometry (multiple types) –
be related to each other and be classified
(taxonomy), and grouped in collections.
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30. INdicio - Web Registry Service
• Applications:
– Extensible geospatial artefact & metadata manager.
– Deploy as core of GeoPortals, Data/Service Catalogues.
– Digital asset management systems.
• Features:
– Extensible metamodel – support for ISO 19115/19139/19119.
– Standard and user defined metadata models.
– Full spatial support – requests and transactions.
– Automated data harvesting (like spatial robot).
– Automated notification for approval workflows (like ISO 19135).
– Extensible life cycle model.
– Data transformation utility – format output as desired.
– Standards clients and access API (OGC CSW-ebRIM standard)
– Data Security (supports OASIS XACML/SAML 2.0 standards)
– Integral audit trail regardless of content.
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31. Summary
• Displays university’s own data over background map – changing
and dynamic data.
• Fast – web-based mapping system supporting laptop, Android
and iOS devices. Search and routing functionality.
• Built on powerful open-standards based web registry service
technology.
• Flash-HTML5-Native iOS/Adroid client technology.
• Extensible and scalable.
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