leica titan amy zeller leica geosystems [email protected]
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Leica TITAN Debut
Topics to be Discussed
Customer Problems
Leica TITAN Vision
Leica TITAN Description
Live Demonstration
Questions
Customer Problems (1)
It’s very difficult for consumers of geospatial content to:
Find
View
Retrieve
…the data they need
It assumes you know where the data is and what the data is
Proliferation of websites
No standardization
Esoteric Categorizations
New York State GIS Clearinghouse
Customer Problems (2)
It’s very difficult for consumers of geospatial content to:
Find
View
Retrieve
…the data they need
Check Out: http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/
Web based mapping sites are 2D, static, slow and very difficult to use
USDA NRCS Geospatial Gatewayhttp://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/
Customer Problems (3)
It’s very difficult for consumers of geospatial content to:
Find
View
Retrieve
…the data they need
The workflow of downloading data and getting it into your application is file based and difficult to implement
USGS PhotoFinder: NAPP Aerial Photos Searchhttp://eros.usgs.gov/products/aerial.html
Problems to Solve:
1. Provide a single secure network for sharing geospatial data
2. Make it easy to publish geospatial data to a network of users, both internal and external to an organization
3. Communicate interactively
4. Enable a user’s system to become a ‘server’ of geospatial data and information
5. Enable in 3D
6. Make it fast and perform well
7. Enable publishing and consumption of geospatial data based on standard geospatial web services (WMS)
8. Users retain ownership rights to shared information
Leica TITAN Vision
An online, secure, dynamic, collaborative network of authors and consumers, sharing geospatial data and location-based content within a social network
Users discover, access, visualize,share and retrieve data
Into multiple applications
Authors of content are ‘servers’ of content
Contributed to by geospatial users from around the world
An alternative and interactive system for publishing and accessing geospatial data
Innovation through Synthesis
Discover Songs in the Network
Share Songs with the Network
Create a Profile
Share your Space
Join a Social Network!
Connect and chat instantly on popular IM networks
3D Interactive Visual GatewayVisualize an Information Rich Digital Earth
Synthesis of
IT & Geospatial
Google EarthMicrosoft Live LocalNASA World WindArcGIS Explorer
Visual & Interactive3D Gateway
Peer to Peer
Proxy/Data Broker
Easy Access & Sharing of Content
Microsoft/Yahoo/AOL Instant Messenger
Enabling Communicationwith a Global Community
of Users
MySpace
Interactive Social Networkand Community
Leica TITAN
Innovation through Synthesis
MySpace = MyWorld
Instant Messenger = Geospatial Instant Messenger
P2P = Leica TITAN P2P Hub
3D Rich Content Virtual Globe = Leica TITAN Client
Leica TITAN Components
Leica TITAN Client
A free web-based application based on a 3D virtual globe
Enables a global network of users to interactively visualize, share and discover data
Base imagery in the client is being streamed from GlobeXplorer
Geospatial Instant Messenger
The primary communication protocol to chat discover, download and retrieve geospatial data and web services
Publish geospatial data and web services for others to access and retrieve
Leica TITAN P2P (Peer to Peer) Hub
Allows an organization to create a secure community within the Leica TITAN Network where users within the organization can discover, view and access data.
Enables data to be shared both internally and externally
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City of Atlanta Community
Data Provider Inc.
Leica P2P Hub
Publishes
Publishes
Publishes
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Users of the Leica TITAN Network Use the Client and
Geospatial Instant Messenger to Discover, View and Share Data
What are Some Things
I can do in MyWorld?
Navigate in the Scene
Search for Places
Geospatial Instant MessengerManage My Network and Share Data
Add Metadata
Chat, Discover and Access another User’s Data
Drag and Drop Models
Discover and View Multiple, Large Raster Datasets
Discover and View Multiple Vector Datasets
TITAN Forum
Access
External
Data Stores
Pricing
Leica TITAN Client is FREE!
Free data sharing: up to 10 Gigs or 10 Files
Data Sharing Tiers: TBD
Leica P2P Hub Pricing: TBD
Some Product ComparisonsDirections Magazine podcast July 17, 2007
Marketplace positioning of Leica TITAN, ArcGIS Explorer and GoogleEarth:
http://www.directionsmag.com/images/podcasts/070717_don.mp3
Google Earth
visualization tool to help organize the world’s information
ArcGIS Explorer
lightweight, professional visualization tool for using GIS-on-the-web
aggregating information, analysis
Leica TITAN
can be used for visualization, but really about sharing data
serve data directly from your desktop, no additional software, no pain!
Target Markets
Government Organizations
that have a mandate to author and share geospatial data and web services across departments and to the general public, including:
Local
State (including GIS Data Clearinghouses)
Federal (Civilian and Defense)
Geospatial Data and Service Providers
who create and sell geospatial data and services to the consumer public
Consumers
who use geospatial data and consume web services for a variety of vertical market applications
Auto Update Monday July 9
Dear Leica TITAN User:
An auto-update has been released for Leica TITAN:
Google Earth Support: The Geospatial Instant Messenger now supports the direct publishing and serving of geospatial data to Google Earth.
File Share Count: See how many datasets are shared by each User, next to the User’s name within the Geospatial Instant Messenger.
New Leica TITAN Skin: The innovative new skin is visible at login and on the Geospatial Instant Messenger.
The Development Team will continue to provide regular updates to Leica TITAN, with auto-updates occurring rapidly every 2-3 weeks.
Future Features Support for sharing data into various Internet, desktop and 3D virtual globe applications
Live camera feed support
Custom drawing tools
Point, line, polygon, building
Ability to search for data in the Leica TITAN Network
Search by geographic extent
Criteria-based search, based on metadata
Flight path editor to create and share 3D fly-thru’s
Ability to consume 3D scenes architected in LVE
Ability to download geospatial data from the Leica TITAN Network
Leica TITAN P2P Hub
Create a community
An entire organization is part of the TITAN Network as a ‘Community’
The proxy server enables security and structure for internal and external distribution of data
Allows for permission-based access to data
Leica TITANBeta
Leica TITAN Website: www.lggi.com/titan
Leica TITAN Forum: www.lggi.com/titanforum
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