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Issue Date: February 2001

Spatial analysis - a cornerstone of web applications

1 February 2001

"Spatial applications of databases will be a cornerstone of the continued development of the Internet and, particularly, mobile information technology.
Almost without exception, all e-commerce and m-commerce applications require information regarding the location of the customer. The customer may also require information about the location of the business," says Spatial Technologies Managing Director Alan Ellis.
Spatial Technologies is the master distributor in southern Africa of the MapInfo suite of spatial analysis systems.
"MapInfo MapXtreme can put mapping applications into the hands of anyone with access to a web browser. With a simple click, customers can see their wireless coverage area, find the closest drug store or get driving directions to their next sales calls. And network engineers can visually spot disruptions in their network - automatically notifying customers of service outages," Ellis points out.
MapXtreme is available in both NT and Java editions. The Java edition, in particular, is ideal for Internet deployment of applications.
Applications running on a managed server network offer huge economies of scale - lowering hardware and administrative costs - while dramatically improving application performance, reliability and security. Companies that once found mapping costs prohibitive can now offer it at lower cost per user than ever before.
Many organisations using spatial-analysis applications have mixed-hardware environments, or prefer Unix servers for scalability, performance and reliability. With Java on the server-side, existing Unix or Windows NT resources can be used. It is integrated with Oracle and can run on with any application server, any web server or any browser.
For many organisations, spatial analysis is mission-critical. Mapping applications need to perform well and support all users accessing the Internet or from a corporate intranet. MapXtreme Java, designed from the ground-up as a server, is component-based, reliable and multithreaded for high performance. It leverages the ubiquity and scalability of the Internet, enabling customers to deploy mapping in critical applications cost-effectively - throughout the organisation.
When developed using a Java development environment, MapXtreme Java applications can be migrated and reused regardless of future hardware or platform choices.
To help users get up and running as fast as possible, MapXtreme includes a commercial Internet Development Environment and Application Server (HAHTsite), as well as pre-built sample applications for Java servlet environments. It is compatible with all web servers/browsers and there are no proprietary plug-ins.
MapXtreme boasts many new server features and technical innovations using Java - not available with any other application server - inside or outside of the spatial market.
Spatial Technologies
Alan Ellis
(011) 807 3807


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