OSi MapGenie-At Your Service
OSi MapGenie is a new service (available from 30/03/2010), that provides online, immediate access to the most complete and highest quality map data available of Ireland.
MapGenie allows you to connect directly from your desktop to both OSi and Land and Property Services Northern Ireland (LPS) geodatabases via an All-Ireland Web Service, giving you easy and instant access to premium map data at a variety of scales for the entire island of Ireland through a single source.
OSi’s MapGenie can be consumed directly through any OGC compliant GIS software or web application, potentially allowing all members of your organisation to view and use the best map data available, thereby giving you a significant increase in value for money over traditional methods of data delivery.
Features & Benefits
OSi’s MapGenie web service offers many benefits to existing and potential customers;
• Rapid, easy delivery of map data via live connection to our supply databases
• Instant updates – as our supply database is updated, so will your view of our map data through MapGenie
• Access to map data for all of Ireland through a single source, ideal for cross-border projects
• All map data is hosted in full by OSi with no need for you to store and manage our data locally, providing significant time & cost benefits
• Map data is served as needed by customers – no need for time-consuming translations to different data formats, thus making our data easier and cheaper to work with
• New symbology gives a clean, modern representation of our vector data at small, medium & large scales delivered via WMS with layer control, giving greater flexibility than traditional raster mapping
• Can be used in any OGC compliant GIS application – immediately accessible and easy to use
• MapGenie can be used directly within intranet web pages through a web application, giving you the potential to extend access to OSi mapping to all staff in your organization
• OSi can provide a service to assist you in developing an entry level web based application that can provide basic GIS functionality and access to OSi data (reduces complexity and cost of GIS applications and data usage)