Industry
National Mapping Agency/Web Mapping Services
The Client
Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) in the national mapping agency for the Republic of Ireland.
The Challenge
Customer expectations are changing. Many more organisations want to be able to use OSi data. These organisations just want to be able to consume the data they need in as easy a way as possible.
Solution
OSi developed MapGenie, a new web-based mapping delivery service that would add value for it.s customers.
Benefits
MapGenie provides easy access to all of OSi's data assets, from it's large-scale maps of the whole of the country, to detailed small scale maps showing individual properties, lamp standards and even manholes.
Summary
For many years, OSi has been delivering mapping data to public and private sector customers on disks. These customers have geospatial analysis skills and technologies in-house, so they take the data, manipulate it and integrate it with their own systems, where it can be used in a myriad of different ways.
But customer expectations are changing. Many more organisations want to be able to use OSi data to support their core business operations, although they don't necessarily always have deep experience of using geographic information or the money to invest in the necessary technology.
The OSi launched a project to develop its new web-based mapping service, Esri GIS technology answered their needs. Now two years on, MapGenie provides easy access to all of OSi's data assets, from its large-scale maps of the whole country, to detailed small scale maps showing individual properties, lamp standards and even manholes. Anyone who licenses OSi's mapping data can now access the same data via MapGenie for no additional charge. As well as data from the Republic of Ireland, MapGenie also serves up information on Northern Ireland, to present seamless mapping for the whole island of Ireland.