Smallworld Solutions
FCSI continues to do the impossible! Or at least what was thought as impossible within the Geographic Information System (GIS) by GE called Smallworld Core Spatial Technology(CST). FCSI's approach to thinking outside the box has lead to the development of many cool tools once thought impossible to do within the Smallworld CST application. FCSI is committed to doing the impossible for you by providing Smallworld consulting and development services that will exceed your expectations. Feel free to contact us at sw_info@field-csi.com.
We pride ourselves for not only developing the impossible, but also spreading our knowledge to the general GE Smallworld community. We are active with presentations at the Smallworld Users Conferences, we developed a Smallworld WIKI for the community and we respond to the Yahoo Smallworld technical discussions. Please review this page for Smallworld Tips and Tricks.
Cool Tools
Here are several of the cool tools we have developed and offer. If you don't see something listed here, pop us an email to sw_info@field-csi.com with what your requirements are. We will review our code library to see if we have a solution ready for you or discuss how we can help you meet your requirements on time and on budget!
OGRES - Funny name, full featured GIS. This is a entry level, portable solution for the Smallworld Technology. OGRES requires no administrative support because there is NO VMDS DATABASE. OGRES is a true Smallworld CST application without any VMDS database connectivity: the data files are easily portable flat files.
OGRES SOM - We have taken our read/write SOM technology developed for OGRES and have embedded it into Smallworld CST applications. This allows you to read and edit external data such as ESRI Shape files within a single application!
GPS Location - This plug-in gives you the ability to display your current location from an attached GPS antenna.
Enhanced Object Editor - Our enhancements to the Object editors give you the ability to dynamically group your fields and show programmic data like external references.
Smallworld Configuration Service - Are you tired of developing build and start up scripts? FCSI's yearly Smallworld Configuration Service brings the best practices from around the industry and provides you an total project management solution that will allow you to efficiently and confidently support multiple application environments.
Vehicle Tracking - This technology allows you to do real time vehicle or asset tracking within your Smallworld GIS application. You can also use this technology to show time elapsed data such as growth patterns.
OpenStreeMap Plug-in - Freely available base map data is now available to Smallworld CST applications. FCSI has developed a completely 100% Magik solution that uses continually updated data from OpenStreetMap.org. Functionality includes free form text searching and route planning.
Map to Email - This is the easiest method to share your map view. With a single click of the button you can email a snapshot of the map view and bookmark. You can drag and drop the bookmark file to restore that view.
XML Data Model - Are you fed up with having to do data model applies just for a simple attribute? This solution is perfect for you. This allows the end user to add additional attribute fields to objects without modifying the data model and requiring a potentially long merge process.
Mapping - We have extended Smallworld's basic plotting functionality to support the most realistic maps available today. The maps we produce out of a Smallworld CST application rival the best maps that can be bought in the GIS industry, but with your specific data!
Buffer Tool - Creating buffers and searching for buffer interactions has never been easier in Smallworld GIS application. This simple to use module allows you to easily create and search buffer geometry.
One Click Geometry Editor - This is a toolbar interface to editing geometry without having to use the object editor to update geometry. This editor reduces the number of keystrokes to update geometry by 40%!
3D Topology - We've extended Smallworld CST's topological engine to support the third dimensions. These algorithms automatically update the connected features' 3D coordinate.
Event Recording - This module allows you to record mouse and keyboard events in the Smallworld application. This allows you to easily create repeatable functional tests of your GUIs and wizards that require user interactions.
DS Transfer Manager - A GUI wrapper for the powerful, yet complex, ds_transfer functionality.
Superfile Manager - A GUI wrapper for superfile creation and manipulation.