TopoCad – A unified system for geospatial data and services
"E-government" is a leading trend in public sector activities in recent years. The Survey of Israel set as a vision to provide all of its services and datasets online. The TopoCad system is the latest software tool developed in order to unify a number of services and databases into one on-...
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| Series: | The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
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| author | Y. A. Felus Y. Sagi R. Regev E. Keinan |
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| description | "E-government" is a leading trend in public sector activities in recent years. The Survey of Israel set as a vision to provide all of its
services and datasets online. The TopoCad system is the latest software tool developed in order to unify a number of services and
databases into one on-line and user friendly system.
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The TopoCad system is based on Web 1.0 technology; hence the customer is only a consumer of data. All data and services are
accessible for the surveyors and geo-information professional in an easy and comfortable way.
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The future lies in Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 technologies through which professionals can upload their own data for quality control and
future assimilation with the national database.
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A key issue in the development of this complex system was to implement a simple and easy (comfortable) user experience (UX). The
user interface employs natural language dialog box in order to understand the user requirements. The system then links spatial data
with alpha-numeric data in a flawless manner. The operation of the TopoCad requires no user guide or training. It is intuitive and
self-taught.
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The system utilizes semantic engines and machine understanding technologies to link records from diverse databases in a meaningful
way. Thus, the next generation of TopoCad will include five main modules: users and projects information, coordinates
transformations and calculations services, geospatial data quality control, linking governmental systems and databases, smart forms
and applications.
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The article describes the first stage of the TopoCad system and gives an overview of its future development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b0fcb928e99e456b9987b55650efed262022-12-21T23:42:53ZengCopernicus PublicationsThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences1682-17502194-90342013-10-01XL-7/W2939710.5194/isprsarchives-XL-7-W2-93-2013TopoCad – A unified system for geospatial data and servicesY. A. Felus0Y. Sagi1R. Regev2E. Keinan3Survey of Israel, Lincoln 1, Tel-Aviv, IsraelSurvey of Israel, Lincoln 1, Tel-Aviv, IsraelSurvey of Israel, Lincoln 1, Tel-Aviv, IsraelSurvey of Israel, Lincoln 1, Tel-Aviv, Israel"E-government" is a leading trend in public sector activities in recent years. The Survey of Israel set as a vision to provide all of its services and datasets online. The TopoCad system is the latest software tool developed in order to unify a number of services and databases into one on-line and user friendly system. <br><br> The TopoCad system is based on Web 1.0 technology; hence the customer is only a consumer of data. All data and services are accessible for the surveyors and geo-information professional in an easy and comfortable way. <br><br> The future lies in Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 technologies through which professionals can upload their own data for quality control and future assimilation with the national database. <br><br> A key issue in the development of this complex system was to implement a simple and easy (comfortable) user experience (UX). The user interface employs natural language dialog box in order to understand the user requirements. The system then links spatial data with alpha-numeric data in a flawless manner. The operation of the TopoCad requires no user guide or training. It is intuitive and self-taught. <br><br> The system utilizes semantic engines and machine understanding technologies to link records from diverse databases in a meaningful way. Thus, the next generation of TopoCad will include five main modules: users and projects information, coordinates transformations and calculations services, geospatial data quality control, linking governmental systems and databases, smart forms and applications. <br><br> The article describes the first stage of the TopoCad system and gives an overview of its future development.http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XL-7-W2/93/2013/isprsarchives-XL-7-W2-93-2013.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Y. A. Felus Y. Sagi R. Regev E. Keinan TopoCad – A unified system for geospatial data and services The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
| title | TopoCad – A unified system for geospatial data and services |
| title_full | TopoCad – A unified system for geospatial data and services |
| title_fullStr | TopoCad – A unified system for geospatial data and services |
| title_full_unstemmed | TopoCad – A unified system for geospatial data and services |
| title_short | TopoCad – A unified system for geospatial data and services |
| title_sort | topocad ndash a unified system for geospatial data and services |
| url | http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XL-7-W2/93/2013/isprsarchives-XL-7-W2-93-2013.pdf |
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