Method and device for automatic generation of geomatic applications

• US 20040169661A1
• Filed: 04/19/2004
• Published: 09/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ciril
• Original Assignee: Ciril
• Inventors: Lbath, Ahmed
• Application Number:
  US10/467,083
• Publication Number:
  US 20040169661A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/10 Requirements analysis; Specification techniques

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for realising geomatic applications.

The process according to the invention comprises the steps of:

defining a file which describes a geomatic application in a format which is liable to be exploited by a plurality of various Geographic Information Systems (GIS);

selecting a particular geographical information system among the plurality of various Geographic Information Systems;

translating the defined file into a language which is specific to the selected Geographic Information System.

Claims

1. A geomatic applications generating process, comprising the steps of:

defining a geomatic application descriptive file in a format suitable for a plurality of various Graphic Information Systems;

selecting a particular Geographic information system among the plurality of various Geographic Information Systems;

translating the file thus defined into a language specific to the selected Geographic Information System.

2. A process of claim 1, wherein the translation step consists in linking the descriptive file with at least one elementary software component, selected in a memory (24) of pre-defined elementary software components, according to parameters loaded in the descriptive file.

3. A process according to claim 2, wherein the elementary software components (24) includes:

one software for linking alphanumeric objects with geographic objects,

one software for searching for an object in a cartographic map according to one criterion at least.

4. A process according anyone of claim 1 to 3, wherein the memory (24) besides includes a module for visualising the results of a research on a screen.

5. A process according to claim 4, wherein the memory (24) besides includes a display module to display alphanumeric information data linked with each geographic object resulting from a research.

6. A process according to anyone of claims 1 to 5, wherein the elementary software components memory (24) besides includes:

one graphic tools generation module for interactive selection of graphic objects;

one module for producing thematic analysis maps;

one module intended for iterative modification of parameters of said thematic analysis maps.

16. Recording support on which is recorded a geomatic application generated by means of the process according to anyone of claims 1 to 6.

7. A geomatic applications generation device, characterised in that it includes one interface (20) for defining a geomatic application descriptive file (21) of a geomatic application in a format which may be exploited by a plurality of various GIS and a module (2) for translating the said descriptive file (21) to adapt it to a particular Geographic Information System selected among the plurality of various GIS.

8. A device according to claim 7, wherein a memory (24) includes a plurality of elementary software components intended for linkage with said descriptive file (21) for automatically generating the specified application.

9. A device according to claim 8, wherein the elementary software components memory (24) is split into a first group (26) of predefined software and a second group (28) of software liable to be instantiated according to parameters stored in descriptive file (21).

10. A device according to anyone of claims 7 to 9, including a Man Machine Interface comprising a first module M1 intended for acquiring parameters from descriptive file (21), a second module M2 intended for delivering to translation module (22) parameters specific to the considered geomatic application which permits to determine the elementary software components required to generate this geomatic application in the selected GIS, and a module M3 intended for retrieving said elementary software components from memory (24).

11. A device according to claim 10, wherein memory (24) includes:

one module for linking alphanumeric objects with geographic objects,

one module for searching for an object in a cartographic map according to at least one criterion.

one module do display the research results on a screen.

12. A device according to claim 11, wherein memory (24) besides includes a module for displaying at least one data information page relating to each geographic object selected during a research.

13. Utilisation of the device according to anyone of claims 7 to 12, for generating a geomatic application to be run on an Internet Portal.

14. Utilisation of the device according to anyone of claims 7 to 12, for generating a geomatic application to be run on an interactive electronic post.

15. Utilisation of the device according to anyone of claims 7 to 12, for generating a geomatic application recorded on a recording support.