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GIS-BROKER

The SRPs Open GIS Component Technology ( OGCT ) provides components for setting up GIS infrastructures and a platform with standardized communication interfaces for the integration of geo data and geo applications in Web-based business processes. Its two modules are GIS-BROKER and YADE-GIS.

GIS-Broker

FIS-Broker application

The FIS-Broker project run by Berlins Senate Administration for Urban Development is based on GIS-BROKER^® and YADE-GIS^® technology.

FIS-Broker, a powerful and comprehensive geo data infrastructure, currently combines 6 infrastructural nodes, 12 task-related client applications and 185 databases.

The success of FIS-Broker can be attributed to the fact that:

the system is freely available to anyone in the Berlin city administration,
client applications can be configured without the need for programming skills,
it is capable of integrating heterogeneous geo information and database systems, and
data owners can enter information into the system themselves and present it however they wish.

The infrastructural nodes of FIS-Broker are operated by companies and administrative offices as autonomous broker instances enabling them to tap their data resources from a variety of data management systems and make them available to users through a range of services (18 at present) with different functions.

The operators of the client applications can choose between more than 80 functions and all of the data on offer in order to create the best possible application solution for their needs. The functions offered by FIS-Broker range from the presentation of maps and factual information to the digitalization of geo data and factual information for use on the Web, including functions for searching by topic or region. The separate infrastructural nodes of FIS-Broker communicate via interoperable Web services, thus enabling any client application to access all the information available within the network. FIS-Broker is based on the OGC, W3C and ISO communication standards.

Geo content management

This application uses an interoperable connection between FIS-Broker and a content management system to link the spatial content of the Intranet and Internet sites with geo data. In this way, the entire content of conventional Web sites can be searched in terms of their spatial coordinates and presented together with the appropriate maps.

The fact that the broker instances now count over 8000 user visits per month, with an upward tendency, is testimony enough to the success of the Berlin city administrations broker concept for a geo data infrastructure comprising basic and value-add services. In 2006, FIS-Broker won the Best Practice Award of the Berlin-Brandenburg IT initiative "WeMakeIT".

Topic: Information and Communication
Source: GEOkomm
Region: Berlin Brandenburg

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	innovation highlight GIS-BROKER The SRPs Open GIS Component Technology ( OGCT ) provides components for setting up GIS infrastructures and a platform with standardized communication interfaces for the integration of geo data and geo applications in Web-based business processes. Its two modules are GIS-BROKER and YADE-GIS. GIS-Broker FIS-Broker application The FIS-Broker project run by Berlins Senate Administration for Urban Development is based on GIS-BROKER^® and YADE-GIS^® technology. FIS-Broker, a powerful and comprehensive geo data infrastructure, currently combines 6 infrastructural nodes, 12 task-related client applications and 185 databases. The success of FIS-Broker can be attributed to the fact that: the system is freely available to anyone in the Berlin city administration, client applications can be configured without the need for programming skills, it is capable of integrating heterogeneous geo information and database systems, and data owners can enter information into the system themselves and present it however they wish. The infrastructural nodes of FIS-Broker are operated by companies and administrative offices as autonomous broker instances enabling them to tap their data resources from a variety of data management systems and make them available to users through a range of services (18 at present) with different functions. The operators of the client applications can choose between more than 80 functions and all of the data on offer in order to create the best possible application solution for their needs. The functions offered by FIS-Broker range from the presentation of maps and factual information to the digitalization of geo data and factual information for use on the Web, including functions for searching by topic or region. The separate infrastructural nodes of FIS-Broker communicate via interoperable Web services, thus enabling any client application to access all the information available within the network. FIS-Broker is based on the OGC, W3C and ISO communication standards. Geo content management This application uses an interoperable connection between FIS-Broker and a content management system to link the spatial content of the Intranet and Internet sites with geo data. In this way, the entire content of conventional Web sites can be searched in terms of their spatial coordinates and presented together with the appropriate maps. The fact that the broker instances now count over 8000 user visits per month, with an upward tendency, is testimony enough to the success of the Berlin city administrations broker concept for a geo data infrastructure comprising basic and value-add services. In 2006, FIS-Broker won the Best Practice Award of the Berlin-Brandenburg IT initiative "WeMakeIT". Topic: Information and Communication Source: GEOkomm Region: Berlin Brandenburg	Print page Back