We are happy to report that GISrack, our soon to be released GIS cloud service, has entered its internal alpha testing phase! With any luck, external beta testing will begin shortly.
While we have your attention, now is a great time to explain a bit about the GISrack. Some of you may have used other GIS cloud services in the past, and in many ways the GISrack will be similar to these. But the GISrack will distinguish itself in a variety of important manners. Here is a list of the key features that will be unique to the GISrack:
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Near-instant set-up
Unlike other GIS clouds, the GISrack will take less than five minutes to sign up for, load data to and get started using. No other cloud comes close to that flexibility.
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Tons of free spatial data
Included with every subscription is access to more than 4 terabytes (TB) of free vector and raster data covering the United States and many parts of the world.
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A marketplace for spatial data
All users will have access to a library of spatial data that can be added to your GIS cloud. Further, users will be able to post data they have created to the marketplace to sell to other users (or let them use for free if you wish).
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Cloud computing
We will ask all users for feedback on the spatial operations they perform most frequently and will then implement the most popular ones in GISrack.
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Free entry-level subscriptions
Users will be able to use the full-functionality of the GISrack with up to 25 megabytes (MB) of free storage and bandwidth. And once you pass this storage limit, subscriptions will start at just $2.50 per month!
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A robust online viewer
For those users in your organization lacking access to a GIS application, the GISrack will feature an online viewer that can be accessed from anywhere in the world as long as users have internet access.
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Enhanced browsing speeds
We will have all of your spatial data cached in multiple locations so access times will be greatly reduced for international users.
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Flexible streaming architecture
Administrators will be able to setup multiple WMS and WFS feeds that can be shared with the appropriate teams of data users. Each feed can be seeded with the datasets these users need access to.
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Industry-leading data redundancy
With 99.999999999% data redundancy, you can be assured that your data will not be lost once placed on the GISrack.
Do you have any specific questions you would like answered about the GISrack? Or perhaps you want to join the beta program? If so, let us know by email at sales@apollomapping.com.
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