GISterm made by disy is probably one of the most user-friendly geographical information system currently available on the market. It enables all kinds of users to create, process, manage, analyse and visualise spatial data – from occasional users to GIS-experts. GISterm has been designed as an scalable software platform and consists of the following three main components: GISterm Desktop, GISterm Web and GISterm Web Services.
- Structure of GISterm
On the one hand, its scalability also refers to its range of functions which can be tailor-made to suit the needs of every user. An integrated, comprehensive user access and authorisation management system, which is a standard component of the GISterm platform, ensures this high level of flexibility. Thus GISterm is the ideal tool for both GIS experts, who use it for their demanding projects, and occasional users, who deploy it as an information system. The number of users, on the other hand, also proves the system's unique scalability: as a single workstation solution GISterm offers a complete desktop GIS and as GISterm Web it provides each workstation throughout the organisation with direct access to geographical data. Desktop and Web version, plus GISterm Web Services form a perfect synthesis. The key is a joint directory for themes and maps (repository).
OGC-compliance: The ideal component for an SDI
Instead of using its own data format, GISterm focuses on open and standardised formats and services, such as those recommended by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Moreover, disy GISterm is compatible with numerous provider-specific GIS data formats and spatial data servers offering users, who want to integrate existing spatial data into one GIS, maximum independence. Additionally, disy GISterm can be linked to other GIS solutions, and thus provides an ideal component within a spatial data infrastructure (SDI).
GIS made in Germany
disy GISterm is a GIS "Made in Germany". High-qualified software developers and architects in Karlsruhe ensure high quality software according to German development standards. GISterm technology allows users to extend functionality via script plugins and to upgrade its core functions. Also, it can be customised to suit the customers' needs precisely. It is therefore no coincidence that GISterm has been implemented on several thousand workstations at numerous organisations throughout Germany and Austria.
