Today: GISA
GISA Maps: An Open Source WebGIS for the Future
Open Source also plays an increasingly important role in the world of geoinformation systems (GIS). The advantages of the approach also include: It not only enables the participation of a broad community, but also promotes the continuous development and adaptation of the software to specific needs. GISA Maps has created an innovative solution that fully implements the open source content. The new WebGIS framework offers a flexible and customizable platform to create innovative GIS solutions.
GISA Maps: Flexibility and Integration
GISA Maps is a lightweight WebGIS. It is characterized by its simple and efficient integration of GIS data into business processes. It offers features such as the publication of interactive web maps, the processing of raster and vector data as well as OGC compatibility. Particular emphasis is placed on the possibility of publishing interactive maps and geodata of all kinds and depicting various work processes.
Why Open Source?
The ability to freely use, modify and distribute software is becoming increasingly important both for companies and organizations as well as for the developers themselves. GISA Maps uses these principles to promote a living community and enable continuous improvements. Developers can actively contribute to the development and adapt the software to the specific needs of companies.
Digital sovereignty and technological self-determination
A central goal of GISA Maps is to strengthen digital sovereignty. This means that organisations have more freedom to choose service providers and can actively participate in sustainable software development. Technological self-determination is increasingly demanded in public projects.
Practical examples for the Web-GIS
GISA Maps is used, for example, in the digital network connection process for municipal works and network operators, in the fault message for municipalities (deficient street lights, illegally deposited waste etc.) or in the location search or analysis according to certain criteria.
GISA Maps supports, among others, the search and evaluation of a location according to certain criteria. As part of the visualization and analysis of space-related data, the combination of different data levels is possible. GISA acts as an implementation and consulting partner during the introduction. Together, individual requirements can be determined and customized applications can be developed.
A look into the future
GISA Maps will be published in 2025. Thus, the future open source framework represents a platform that is continuously evolving and supports the thoughts of digital sovereignty. Overall, the development is intended to contribute to the advancement of digitalization and to develop new applications for geodata.
You will learn more in the lecture by Clemens Schenke-Hildebrandt on 23.03.2025 at 12 o'clock on the Chemnitz Linux Days. We are also looking forward to interesting discussions with you at our booth!
In the meantime we have the following reading recommendations:
