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Snowflake Software delivers first practical implementation of new OGC standard

By Melissa on August 19, 2010 10:30 AM | No Comments
 
A team from Snowflake Software has successfully demonstrated the first practical implementation of the upcoming OGC WFS-T 2.0 specification within the aviation strand of the OGC OWS-7 testbed.
 
Web Feature Service and eventing
 
Working to real life flight dispatch scenarios (disruption due to volcanic ash and snow), Snowflake effectively demonstrated the powerful capability of GO Publisher to retrieve and update data in real-time via web services (WFS and eventing). Deployed in a secure, distributed IT infrastructure where interoperability and on demand, 24/7 performance are key, Snowflake’s GO Publisher was used to serve aeronautical (AIXM 5.1) and weather (WXXM 1.1) data to dispatchers and pilots in real-time.
 
Snowflake also demonstrated the flexibility and productivity of GO Loader to transform and load aeronautical and weather data provided in a wide range of schema to produce a single authoritative aeronautical data store which underpinned the project.
 
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Above: Architecture diagram
 
The results
 
The full results have been published by the OGC in the following engineering reports: http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/per,
as well as a set of informative videos to support the findings of the testbed: http://www.opengeospatial.org/pub/www/ows7/index.html
 
The OGC have also announced they will be holding webinars to present the results. The webinars will be held on Thursday 19 August and Wednesday 8 September and more details can be found on their website: http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/ows7webinars .
 
 
Melissa Burns, Marketing Manager commented:
 
“The additional features that the new standard adds to GO Publisher means that as well as being an INSPIRE compliant Web Feature Service, users can perform temporal or stored queries on the data in real-time, enhancing the web service for end users - something many organisations rely on for operational effectiveness and business continuity.”
 
Melissa added;
 
“We recently unveiled the upcoming release of GO Publisher (including the WFS-T 2.0 technology) at the INSPIRE conference and anyone who would like to trial the latest technology should request a copy of the pre-release version.”
 
Anyone who would like to request a copy of the pre-release version should register their details here: http://www.snowflakesoftware.com/campaigns/prerelease.htm
 
 
 
About Snowflake Software
 
Snowflake Software, market innovators in geospatial data solutions, provide commercial off the shelf software products that facilitate data exchange and interoperability within the Data Provider, INSPIRE, Defence and Aviation markets.
 
Based on open standards, the unique off the shelf GO Loader and GO Publisher products allow you to build next generation Open Data infrastructures by wrapping existing legacy infrastructure. 
 
Combine the off the shelf software with the knowledge of our industry experts, business consultants and training courses and we can work with you to tailor our products and services to your specific needs.
 
 
 

  

Peter Woodsford awarded Order of Chivalry

By Melissa on June 14, 2010 2:45 PM | No Comments

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This weekend, our Chairman, Peter Woodsford received an MBE for his services to the Geographic Information Industry in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. The award is recognition of his contribution to the growing maturity and importance of the Geographic Information industry.

Member of the British Empire

For our overseas friends and colleagues, you might be interested to know that an MBE is an order of chivalry awarded by The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. It is awarded by the Sovereign on advice of the Government.

So naturally we're very proud to have him as our Chairman.

 
 
 
 
 
On receiving the award, Peter said:
“Although the award is to me personally, I see it as a mark of the growing maturity and importance of the GI industry, and of the contributions towards this of my two companies, 1Spatial (formerly Laser-Scan) and Snowflake Software, the organisations I have worked with (AGI, EuroSDR, OGC and ISPRS) and universities I have been associated with (UCL, Edinburgh and Nottingham) to name those that come most readily to mind".
 
Meet Peter at the INSPIRE Conference, Krakow
Peter will be attending the INSPIRE Conference with Snowflake from 23-25 June and will be chairing a session there. You can visit the Snowflake Software stand to congratulate Peter on receiving his MBE or to ask him any questions.
 
From everyone at Snowflake, Congratulations Peter, a very well deserved award.
 
 
Melissa Burns | Marketing Manager | melissa.burns@snowflakesoftware.com | www.twitter.com/sflakesoftware 

 

Press Release: Snowflake Software launches Manifesto for Open Data

By Melissa on May 4, 2010 1:57 PM | No Comments

Inspired by the UK General Election (taking place on Thursday 6 May 2010), Snowflake Software has today launched its pre-election manifesto for Open Data.

Continued supporters of Open Data, Snowflake decided to put itself to the test and continue its efforts to educate the industry about Open Data and what it really means.
 
With the recent release of the OS OpenData sets in the UK, Snowflake has already been working hard to make the data available in a truly open manner, by converting the data to the open data exchange standard – GML.
 
In the manifesto, Snowflake also commits to providing customers with OS OpenData in GML – the Open Standard for data exchange.
 
Constituencies By Area zoomed in.jpgEddie Curtis, CTO comments:
“Open Data isn’t Open until it can be used and understood in a form that you can quickly read and understand. Because our technology is driven by Open Standards, we were able to quickly load and publish the data to GML. Our customers now have access to even more data for their business processes and decision making”.
 
Snowflake has also stayed on topic and used the opportunity to serve the OS BoundaryLine data using its Web Service technology – GO Publisher WFS. Accredited by the Open Geospatial Consortium’s (OGC) Web Feature Service standard, Snowflake has used its technology to serve Westminster constituency electoral boundary data in GML.  
 
 
Party Leader and Managing Director, Ian Painter added:
“Whilst we’re injecting a bit of fun around Open Data and the UK General Election, there are some very serious underlying messages which we fully support and commit to. For us, being an Open Standards data exchange company, open data and open standards go hand in hand. We're passionate about Open data in Open standards so vote for us and keep your data truely open.”
 
Snowflake is also taking its campaign on the road as part of the free series of training seminars run by Training4GIS. You can meet the team and discuss the Manifesto by registering for one of the remaining GeoDATA 2010 events:
  • Cardiff – 11 May
  • Liverpool – 13 May
  • London – 20 May
  • Glasgow – 10 November
  • Belfast – 16 November
 
Download and read the full Snowflake manifesto on Open Data here: Snowflake Open Data Manifesto

Press release: Snowflake Software and Envitia partner to provide a complete INSPIRE solution

By Melissa on March 22, 2010 11:18 AM | No Comments

 

inspire.jpgEnvitia and Snowflake Software announce a strategic partnership for the provision of end to end INSPIRE services.

The partnership offers a formidable solution to organisations with commitments to publish and share geospatial data. Snowflake’s established transformation and download services coupled with Envitia’s discovery, view and market leading data quality management and cleansing products offers a unique, joined up solution that serves the complete needs of the INSPIRE community.
 
By combining experience, customers can take advantage of the security of proven solutions which remain totally open through our commitment to standards. In addition, continued engagement with standards and accreditation organisations means customers benefit from the latest and ‘best of breed’ technology.
 
Dr Sharon Cooper of Envitia commented,
“Having been closely associated with the Snowflake team for many years, we have decided to combine our complementary technologies to serve our customers more effectively. Our joint resources offer a unique standards based and proven approach to geospatial data integration and serving, unparalleled by others.”
 
Ian Painter, Managing Director of Snowflake Software and recently appointed member of the AGI INSPIRE working group added,
“By embarking on this strategic relationship with Envitia, our customers are better able to realise the value of managing data in compliance with the INSPIRE framework and make it happen with one complete, joined up solution.”
 
For more information about the INSPIRE Framework and the joined up solutions that this partnership can offer you please contact: info@snowflakesoftware.com  or info@envitia.com.  
 
 
 
Melissa Burns | Marketing Manager | melissa.burns@snowflakesoftware.com

PRESS RELEASE: Serving OS MasterMap to the UK higher and further education communities.

By Melissa on January 20, 2010 9:20 AM | No Comments

As EDiNA’s highly successful Digimap service celebrates its ten year anniversary, Snowflake Software celebrates the success of GO Publisher WFS, which provides the infrastructure behind the scenes.

 

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The challenge for EDiNA was to provide a scalable, robust and reliable service delivering over 500 million OS MasterMap® features in GML to over 32,000 users from 148 educational institutions throughout the United Kingdom.   
The solution was to implement a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) based on OGC® standards delivered using Snowflake Software’s GO Loader and GO Publisher WFS off-the-shelf products.
The results have been clear, with a trouble-free launch of the fully-working service with users productive from day one.  Average response times of 15 minutes and all requested datasets supplied online within 48 hours. Additionally, it’s highly scalable and proven to meet peak loads.
 
 
 
 
Andrew Seales, Senior Software Engineer at EDiNA comments,
“We needed to be in a position to incorporate other GML products in the future and the generic approach of GO Loader and GO Publisher gave us that.”
 
 
EDiNA is now able to achieve its goals and make OS MasterMap more accessible and widely distributed than ever before. And with the generic approach of the Snowflake Software, the Digimap service is future proofed for new GML products.
 
Read the EDiNA digimap article in full: www.snowflakesoftware.com/news/testimonials.htm
 
 
GO Publisher WFS and GO Loader are available for customers to download for free, with a thirty day licence. 
 
If you’re interested in a risk free investment then you can download the free trials here:
 
For more information about Snowflake Software, please visit www.snowflakesoftware.com or contact Melissa Burns on +44 (0)23 8038 2390
 
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www.snowflakesoftware.com  

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