Based on 25 years of experience we are confident to offer a Smallworld upgrade to version 5 at a fixed price of $74,999.99. This is a limited time offer. Why use Cliffhanger Solutions? Over 25 years experience with GE Smallworld implementations Experts in both Magik and Java (portions of our own Atlas product are Java based) Experience [...]
You're in the field trying to start a work order, you look at the data, and it appears that the design scheduled for the location is not available in your database yet. You are sure that the back office database has all the information you need as you helped the engineer with its design. Your mobile [...]
With Smallworld version 5, GE has dropped official support for Emacs in favor of MDT, which is Eclipse based. Hardcore developers might not want to use Eclipse (I doubt the folks in Cambridge use it), but fortunately using Emacs is still possible with a few tricks. If you have a clean Emacs install, running Smallworld is straightforward. [...]
With the introduction of Smallworld 5.0, the 25-year-old Magik VM has been replaced with the Java VM. Smallworld developers can still develop in the Magik language, but the code compiles into Java byte-code and no longer into Magik byte code. This will open up the proprietary Magik environment to the world of Java, at least [...]
Going offline while using an application may be necessary when an insufficient data signal is available. Alternatively, going offline can be a choice (like airplane mode) for several purposes, such as saving bandwidth. Fortunately, using Atlas, this has never been easier. Atlas will detect when there is no coverage and automatically switch to offline mode. [...]
Thematic maps are a frequently requested feature: Group map elements together based on certain attributes. One example is to color code (electrical) circuits on a map, showing by color what is connected. This enables a user to identify which sub stations are feeding a circuit quickly. But no two customers are the same, so we at [...]
What do the locations of your crews, outage areas, and the sunset have in common? They all use dynamic layers. In today's example, we show the day/night cycle. Simply turn on the Day/Night overlay and the App will do the rest. If you watch long enough, you will notice that the layer will continuously update [...]
To boldly decide where no one has had the insight before. When we started Cliffhanger, our mission statement was "Delivering more than maps," which we did, by providing the best mapping experience available at the time. And while this was true at the time (and we believe it still is), our updated mission statement reflects [...]
Our goal, as engineers, is to come up with ideas on how to do things better, more efficient, while saving cost at the same time. Several of our clients use GPS for fleet management. A GPS device is installed in (maintenance) trucks, and data is collected and visualized on some dashboard applications. In the same vehicles, they also use tablets running our mapping software.
Fleet tracking using GPS
This eliminates the use of a dedicated GPS device and all the associated back-end software, servers, etc. And if you still want to use existing dashboards, simply use our platforms API to derive the data. One of the data sources is, you guessed it, is GPS. After some thinking we thought this was kind of silly: so we have a GPS device, sending data to a central location, which is then being ‘downloaded’ back into the trucks? But tablets and smartphones (both Android and iOS) have GPS build in. And the App is already sending data back and forth. So it doesn’t take a genius to realize that we can easily have the App to share its current location, to be shared an processed between users.