Smallworld data on top of Google or other map services, inside Smallworld GIS? Need to replace MrSid? Look no further! Our Cloudmaps for Smallworld GIS adds this functionality. Choose from street, satellite, and topo maps. By simply loading a plugin into the Smallworld image, object control is supplemented with the ability to enable Google background [...]
Always needed map rotation or wanted offline databases to be generated based on a specific schedule? Wait no longer. Atlas 2.14.0 has been released and rolled out! It contains the following changes: Ability to perform bulk updates to a group of objects Add documentation for Atlas online help Ability to add/delete/show joined records Automated scheduled [...]
Utilities frequently get audited or need evidence to prove that they are in compliance. Examples, why this is sometimes required, are: safety violations explosions power outages gas leaks (car) accidents Atlas tracks every single user interaction on a record. Whether that is when a user viewed a record, saved an inspection or completed a survey. [...]
Almost any modern application nowadays supports some form of push notifications or messages. Simpler applications limit this to a message that a new release or a patch is available. We at Cliffhanger Solutions took that much further. Atlas now supports push messages for: New work or jobs assigned. Plots generated. Reports are ready for download. [...]
This App provides real time updates to utility crews from GE's PowerOn™ outage management system during weather events and other outages. Since data can be shared between crews and office staff in real time, outage restoration times can be reduced and service to customers improved. Live dashboards provide additional information about the extent of the [...]
An essential requirement for GIS is network analysis (a.k.a. tracing or routing). With Cliffhanger having finalized its tracing module for Atlas, we are now offering a complete and new GIS platform with smooth migration paths available from ESRI and GE Smallworld. Atlas is not only data agnostic, but it is also schemaless. This means that [...]
For the longest time, tile based systems were the standard. Google, Bing and Open Street Maps still use it. This means that when you look at a map, you are really looking a bitmap image. If the map is tile based, the total map is stitched together from smaller square tiles, typically 256x256 pixels. Because [...]
Until recently, working in the field could be a chore if you were to lose your network connection. You either couldn't work or you had to wait a long time to load data, which could be outdated by the time you need it in the field on your local device. For this cliffhanger, we [...]
Intro to Map Tiles Map tiles are used to show background or other data layers that need to be fast. Instead of rendering the whole viewport from scratch each time a zoom or pan takes place, map tiles show a mosaic of small images (typically 256x256 pixels) to build the whole viewport. Each map tile [...]
GE PowerON outage management system is a complicated piece of software operated by trained technicians and engineers. So what about the rest of us? Say hello to the Atlas PowerON module. Atlas allows to you visualize PowerON data in real-time, making valuable outage information available to authorized individuals in your organization. In PowerON, getting to [...]
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.
