Understanding Key Features and Benefits
WebFOCUS Adapter for Geographic Information Systems
provides a Geographic Business Intelligence Solution (GBIS) that
combines the real-time enterprise business intelligence and reporting
capabilities of WebFOCUS with ESRI ArcGIS Server. This solution
allows users throughout the extended enterprise to rapidly and intuitively
analyze real-time information with a spatial component by presenting
business intelligence information in the context of physical location.
A GBIS improves decision-making and responsiveness while extending
the reach of GIS to address a wider range of business applications.
Key features of this adapter include:
- Support for native integration with more than 85 data sources.
- Integration with map services hosted by ArcGIS Server. ArcGIS
Server is a Geographic Information System (GIS) software package
made by ESRI that is used to deploy web-oriented spatial data services.
- ESRI Configuration Utility, a graphical interface to configure
and edit XML definition files. The adapter parses these XML files
and uses the information provided to generate JavaScript objects
and methods that are returned to the web browser.
- WebFOCUS GIS Viewer for Flex, a mapping interface that provides
a bi-directional display of information. It integrates the mapping
capabilities of ESRI ArcGIS Server with WebFOCUS. WebFOCUS GIS Viewer
for Flex is developed using the Adobe Flex version 3.5 development
environment and the ArcGIS API for Flex version 1.5.
Several industries where WebFOCUS Adapter for Geographic Information
Systems can be used to develop a GBIS include:
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Retail. Determining the ideal location for a new
store, product launch, or marketing campaign.
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Insurance. Analyzing environmental damage by county or municipality.
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Law Enforcement. Viewing similar crimes in a city to
detect key patterns.