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States of Jersey changes to Cadcorp SIS for an intranet-based corporate GIS.

The States of Jersey, the government of the island of Jersey’s 85,000 inhabitants, has recently completed the first phase of its implementation of a new geographic information system (GIS) throughout several of its departments. Based on the Cadcorp SIS – Spatial Information System – software suite from UK developer, Cadcorp, the new system replaces an existing system from another vendor, which is being phased out.

Ralph Buchholz of the States of Jersey’s Planning and Building Control Department, who has responsibility for the development and implementation of the new system, says, “Our previous GIS was essentially a standalone system and wasn’t providing us with the benefits which today’s technology can bring. Our main requirements in the first instance, therefore, were to move to a networked, Microsoft Windows environment to enable access for all authorised users on our network. We also wanted to replace our existing planning & building application software and add a BS7666 compliant gazetteer. We selected Cadcorp SIS because not only did it provide all the fundamental GIS and Internet support facilities we needed, at a keen price but also, its open architecture and its ability to easily be interfaced to our new planning & building application system, SX3’s Wizard, as well as to our BS7666 gazetteer meant that implementation would be relatively easy.”

The first phase of the implementation programme involved importing the legacy data from the existing system in to Cadcorp SIS. According to Ralph Buchholz, this was a straightforward process thanks to the ability of Cadcorp SIS to support a wide range of GIS and CAD data formats. Phase two, which is currently nearing completion, involves linking the Cadcorp SIS system to the new SX3 Wizard planning & building application system and to the new gazetteer and making maps and their associated data available to up to 2500 users over the corporate intranet.

The first users of the new system were the Planning and Building Services Department where, using links to recently gathered census data, it is used for forward planning. As the Island’s mapping authority, Planning and Building Services is also the main source for any maps required by other departments and provides a GIS support service to them. Among other departments currently using the system are Development Control, Historic Buildings, Environmental Services and Public Services, who are responsible for the island’s road and drainage systems. Planned future users of the system include Agriculture and Fisheries.

As Ralph Buchholz states, “The open architecture of Cadcorp SIS and its extensibility through the development tools which Cadcorp provides have been very important to us in the successful development and roll-out of our new GIS over the internal network. The next step is to use the Cadcorp ASC Web-based version of the software to make applications and data available to the wider community over the corporate intranet and eventually, the Internet.”

About Cadcorp

Established in 1991, Cadcorp is a leading developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software. Based in the UK and USA, the Cadcorp distribution and VAR network stretches worldwide. Cadcorp plays a pivotal technical role in the OpenGIS Consortium.

Cadcorp SIS - Spatial Information System is a range of modules covering spatial data viewing, data management, data editing, data modelling and analysis. Cadcorp SIS ActiveX components are available for embedding into third party systems. Cadcorp ASC is an Internet/intranet developer toolkit designed for Web based GIS solutions.

Cadcorp SIS applications exist in local government, central government, national mapping agencies, emergency services, mapping and surveying, commerce, broadcasting and many other areas.

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For further information, contact: Chris Holcroft, Tel: 01438 747996, e-mail: chrish@cadcorp.co.uk

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