Feature Portrayal Service

INstyle™ (formerly known as Galdos FreeStyler) is the open-standards solution for the web-based mapping and display of GML data and Web Map Service layers. INstyle provides the full functionality of a Web Map Service with a thin client Map Viewer accessed using a browser.

INstyle further provides the capability of styling and displaying GML data pulled directly from a Web Feature Service. These components provide all the needed functionality for designing interactive maps, managing symbols and map styles, and creating maps based on Scalable Vector Graphics or images.

Sample Client view for SVG Web Mapping Component

Features

• Fast generation of SVG or image-based maps from GML data from any OGC-compliant WFS, including Galdos INscape™
• Standards-based web mapping implementation of the OGC Web Map Service, Styled Layer Descriptor, TML, W3C XSLT, and SVG
• Functions as a WFS client
• XSLT Style Sheets for SVG map display
• Access to Galdos INdicio Registry to manage map styles and symbol libraries

Benefits

• Users are able to access and display WFS-derived data such as real time sensor data
• users can use INstyle to dynamically combine WFS, WMS, and satellite images into a single view of the data
• Users are able to work with many different sources of data including WFS and WMS to dynamically create a single map
• Users are able to create different custom views of the WFS generated data and incorporate these styles into the display
• Users are able to access and apply previously created styles

Technical Summary

Operating Environment

• Windows 2003 or XP, Linux HTE4, Solaris 10
• Tomcat 5.5 or JBoss 4.0.5