Features

The SmartZone Geospatial Platform presents an unmatched range of geospatial features for the development of applications for a range of markets. Country and language specific parsers capable of handling spelling errors, incomplete adressess, abbreviations, and free form addresses, are available for deployment of services that can be tuned to provide greater geocode success rates in particular markets than a general geocoding solution. Map rendering styles configured to be information rich, clear and aesthetically pleasing at multiple zoom levels for a variety of devices including Web, PDA and phone ensure compelling useable results promoting increased usage. Door-to-door, continent wide, traffic optimized, multi-modal directions (by car, foot and public transport) taking into account multiple stops or "via points", and other navigation-related attributes enable a range or routing or directions services including the support of Webraskas unique Navigation Services. Custom POI data can be integrated to utiltize the advanced "Directory Services" or "Proximity Search" functionality which combined with ranking functionalities are capable of searching for and ranking nearby POI by straight line distance, time to destination, and content specific attributes such as type categories. These features are supported by the following Services.

Location Utility Services

Enhanced geocoding functionalities supported by this service include:

• Country specific syntactic parsers.
• Abbreviations and cardinals.
• Full freeform address for many countries.
• Fully exposed configurable geocoding behaviour.
• Many search strategies available including Soundex.
• Can match, ignore or relax strategy application for address matching.
• Quality of Service indicators.
• Geocode Trace function.
• Configurable street number handling.
• Buckets.

Reverse geocoding functionalities include:

• Ability to configure the return of streets, points of interest or street intersections.
• Results sorted by search distance.
• Configuration to enable control of street hierarchies contained in the results.

Directory Service

Supporting Points Of Interest (POI) proximity search functionalities including:

• Ability to search on number of criteria including keywords.
• Configurable handling of ambiguous entries.
• Many search strategies including Soundex.
• Can match, ignore or relax strategy application as with geocoding.
• Ability to geocode postal codes as POIs.
• POI Builder supports easy integration of external sources.

Route and Rank Service

Functionalities include:

• Any combination of route instructions, turn-by-turn manoeuvres, route geometry or maps to describe routes.
• Configurable maps displaying the route start, end, manoeuvres or complete overview.
• Ability to configure travel through a number of via points.
• Ability to optimise travel through these via points (up to 5).
• Support of via points enables alternative routes through scenic or tourist routes.
• Avoid areas can be streets,client defined geometric areas, or points.
• Real time traffic consideration (with traffic engine).
• Multi-modal routing.
• Ranking enabling comparison of travel distances and times.

Presentation Service

The interface for map display functionalities supports:

• Image overlays.
• Geometric area overlays.
• Multiple output maps with multiple overlays.
• Numerous output raster map formats.
• Real-time traffic overlay (with traffic engine.)
• Relief maps.
• Look and Feel optimised for numerous devices.

Area of Interest (AOI) Service

Supports:

• Retrieval of AOI containing a given location.
• AOI overlap queries.
• AOI attribute information retrieval.

Console Service

The console service has been developed to enable developers to begin using, validating and testing the functionality of the SGP via SOAP with easy access to all supporting documentation and schemas. It also represents a demonstration application built utilising the Java SDK

Incorporated Traffic Information

Integration with the optional traffic services enables traffic sensitive navigation, driving times adjusted for traffic, and maps with traffic status indication.