The Envinsa™ product family, from PBBI (MapInfo), offers an integrated
set of location-related server-based web services. Announced in
December 2003, Envinsa™ is both a set of currently shipping products and a
road map for new web services software to come.
The core set of Web Services offered now are:
Interactive web map server;
Geocoding server;
Tiling server incl. support for highly-dynamic "Web
2.0" map interfaces; and
Shortest-path routing server.
Envinsa™, however, is more than a bundle of compatible
server software. It also includes IT-friendly security, installation,
update, and application management features.
Central installation and software update console. Update both local
and remote servers from one integrated Envinsa™ graphic user interface.
Transaction logging & reporting.
Monitor usage of servers in support of cross-departmental billing systems.
License only the modules you need now.
Use the Envinsa™ management console to "turn on" additional features later,
only when you need them.
Web Services architecture: WSDL/SOAP,
XML & REST APIs ...
Standards compliant:
Envinsa™ is engineered to support the worldwide open software standards
your need: including GML, Open GIS, REST, WSDL, SOAP UDDI & XML.
Distributed server support:
Multiple departments to share server resources safely, yet system managers
can monitor usage and security using Envinsa™ authentication and logging
features.
Web services API:
Envinsa™ components communicate and co-exist with other web services,
including non-MapInfo web services.
Java or .NET API: You choose
Option 1: Platform-independent Java-API for
mapping, geocoding and routing suite.
Option 2: Windows .NET-based API for mapping,
geocoding and routing suite.
Time-tested code
Envinsa™ is not vaporware.
Version 1 starting shipping in 2001, under the brand name miAware™.
The Envinsa™ name was adopted by MapInfo Corporation beginning with
Version 3.
Envinsa™ is built for the enterprise.
Launch customers were global companies with detailed acceptance standards:
Vodaphone (Europe) and MasterCard International (North America).
Other built-in features
Reverse geocoding:
Look up nearest street address based on Latitude-longitude coordinates
supplied by mobile phone or data terminal.
Buffering
Create buffer zones around a location, street or other map object.
Then query for data that falls within the buffer zone.
Find the nearest:
Starting with an x,y location, generated by the Envinsa™ Geocoder for
example, find the nearest dealer or other points.
Point-in-Polygon:
Starting with an x,y location, determine the map polygon within which it
falls.
Drive time:
Calculate the drive time or drive distance between points or a series of
points.
