OniMap is a geographical management system which provides an optimised, scalable application to display your geographical data. Users interact with OniMap on two distinct levels:

Map Pages - developed with simplicity of user interaction in mind. Map Pages provide a single point for end users to easily and effortlessly view, filter, interact and/or analyse information geospatially.

Management Console - allows for non technical personnel to manage and generate geospatial data from the one administration interface.

This is all achieved while ensuring that your content is contained within your own infrastructure for security purposes. In addition, optimisation techniques such as clustering, tiling, simplified polygons and polylines have been employed to ensure the system remains robust and scalable as your data grows.

Google Maps

OniMap uses Google Maps Premier API as the base mapping application. Google Maps provides users with the same navigation functionality that they have come to know and are accustomed to with Google Maps. With the familiarity of Google Maps, Onimap ensures that end users require minimal, if any training, to interact with a Map Page as it uses common interaction metaphors.

Search

OniMap search functionality allows users to perform a search based on location or data which resides within layers that are switched on in the Map Page. This provides users the ability to search for a street name, location address, postcode, suburb or alternatively provide the name of a marker, polyline or polygon.

Search as you Type - This search feature prompts the user with categorised search results as they are typing their query.

List View - Allows users to view what markers, polylines and polygons are currently in view on the Google Map. List View displays the name of the items which are categorised into markers, polylines and polygons.

Filtering

OniMap has multiple filtering options that allow users to find specific information that meets their criteria on the Map Pages.

Filtering by Layers - The ability to switch on and off layers of data that the user is interested in.

Filtering by Attributes - By specifying filter attributes of the properties of a marker layer, users are able to further refine the data displayed.

Filtering by Area - End users to create their own custom polygon on a Map Page which filters the markers displayed to only those that exist within the custom polygon boundary.

Business Analysis

Heat Map - This feature allows users interested in marker density information to view a Map Page as a heatmap. This provides a colour coded density overlay of the concentration of markers geographically. Heatmaps are very useful for obtaining an overview of the concentration of sales geographically, user location concentration or the density of population geographically.

Thematic Map - The ability to show statistical data aggregated over predefined regions, such as states, postcodes or self-defined regions by colour coding. Thematic mapping provides the functionality to easily identify regions or high or low sales growth, identify the suburbs of highest and lowest mean real-estate value, display the highest income regions. Thematic mapping integrated with data sets such as census data can help you easily identify potential market regions for your growing business.

Management Console

Onimap’s Management Console allows authorised users to control the Map Pages and data within Onimap from one central location. The Management Console provides intuitive functionality that requires no previous knowledge of Geospatial Information System (GIS). The ManagementConsole provides the ability to bulk import your data directly from either CSV file format or from one of the many geospatial file formats supported to generate Map Pages with ease.

Markers, Polylines and Polygons

Markers, Polyines and Polygons are grouped into layers when displayed on Map Pages so that the information displayed on each layer can be switched on and off, easily uploaded through the management console.

Markers - Points on the Map Page that represent locations of the data loaded into OniMap.

Polygons - Represent bounding areas displayed on Map Pages such as postcodes and electoral boundaries.

Polylines -   Represent lines or routes such as rivers, rail or delivery route.

Clustered Markers and Simplified Polylines and Polygons

To ensure scalability and performance optimisation OniMap uses a number of technologies to display markers, polylines and polygons on a Map Page. These optimisation technologies allows over 100,000 markers and polygons and polylines to be loaded onto the Map Page without any degradation of performance.

Clustered Markers - Each group of intersecting markers is replaced with a single cluster marker with the value of the number of markers within the cluster marker displayed on the cluster marker icon.

Simplified Polylines and Polygons - Removes small variations or sharp bends from its boundary or line while still preserving the fundamental shape to ensure that data cab be loaded quickly.

Tiled Polylines and Polygons

Creates an image for all detailed polygons and polylines that is overlaid on the map. The use of tile imagery ensures that complex polyline and polygon data can be displayed without degrading the user experience. This method also allows for the polylines and polygons to be click-able ensuring no functionality is lost.