Compass Enterprise
Spatial data discovery for better productivity and fast, informed decision-making
Having access to the right information is crucial to effective decision-making in any business. Compass Enterprise facilitates access to this information across the entire organisation, resulting in significant cost-savings and increased productivity.
Helping You Manage Your Data
Compass Enterprise is a complete data management solution for all forms of data including spatial, non-spatial, and physical data. And because it can be utilised by all employees, regardless of discipline or technical ability, Compass Enterprise delivers significant cost savings and productivity gains.
Compass Enterprise is specifically designed to exploit the geographical or spatial context of data. When this spatial reference is combined with conventional metadata (date, status, format, source, and such), the business processes by which information is managed and extracted are transformed.
Maximise The Value Of Your Data
By creating a single point of entry to the entire corporate data store, Compass makes it easier for organisations to understand what data exists, where it is located and what restrictions apply to how it can be accessed. Apart from maximising the value of your existing data by making it more accessible, Compass also saves costs by avoiding unnecessary duplication of data and the even higher cost of re-purchasing or re-acquiring data.
Find Data Quickly
A single item or a group of items can be quickly identified from thousands or millions of catalogue entries by using a combination of search methods.
Compass Enterprise search methods include:
- Locate data spatially using tools within a simple mapping interface
- Filter data with user-defined search criteria based on its metadata values
- Search for data that is contextually associated with a geographical location, feature, region, or boundary
Many data management systems are unable to reliably find all related documents because of inconsistent metadata. But Compass Enterprise enables metadata values to be validated from centralised pick-lists, which ensures that if the data exists, you will find it.
Metadata Standards
Compass Enterprise supports both flat and hierarchical ISO-compliant metadata structures. The metadata is used to record the purpose, history, usage, format, and context of the data, with which the user is assured of its authenticity, source, and suitability.
Many countries have now adopted metadata standards for the description of geographic data based on the ISO 19115 Metadata standard. Compass supports the implementation of these standards.
Examples of supported Metadata standards include:
- ANZLIC
- GEMINI
- FGDC
- GMO3
Benefits Of Compass Enterprise
- Enforce corporate policies
- Reduce costs
- Break down the barriers to data sharing
- Adapt to your changing requirements
Compass Enterprise Family
Compass Master
Compass Master is central to the Compass Enterprise data management suite. Compass Master manages the system configuration and Compass catalogues. Other products in the suite connect to the Compass Master database to enable searching of the catalogues managed by the Compass Master application.
Compass Voyager
Enables searching of the Compass catalogues from a web browser. This opens the spatial searching functionality to an entire organisation. Users in the local environment can send data to their local application, or alternatively, use the embedded download process to access datasets from remote locations.
- Web-based client
- View multiple distributed catalogue
- Spatially search for data
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Preview formats:
- MapInfo TAB
- ESRI SHP
- TIFF, SID, ECW, JPG, JP2, J2K, GIF, BMP, PNG, PSD, WMF, EMF image files
- Review metadata
- Download data to remote location
Compass Navigator
Enables users to search against any number of Compass catalogues, report the search results, and open the returned datasets or documents. Users can also propose documents for cataloguing.
- Desktop client
- Spatially search for data
- Preview 150+ supported spatial data formats
- Make data available offline
- Propose data for cataloguing
- Review metadata and generate reports
Compass Commander
In addition to the features of Navigator, Compass Commander allows data administrators to customise and perform maintenance operations on Compass catalogues and approve proposed catalogue entries.
- Create user-defined classifications
- Create customised metadata templates
- Review proposed catalogue entries
- Batch update metadata
Compass Enterprise Architecture:
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Perform Complex Data Searches
Compass Enterprise employs an intuitive interface that allows non-technical users to perform complex searches without any knowledge of SQL or other cryptic search languages.
Catalogues can be created on local, regional, or global servers, which users can access from a Desktop interface installed on their personal computer, or they can use the Internet browser interface when they are working away from the office.
When working remotely without a network connection, users can take the office with them by creating special-purpose, off-line catalogues.
Spatial Searching
Compass provides the tools to apply a spatial reference to datasets using embedded GIS technology. The process is iterative behind the scenes offering fast response but rigorous qualification of proximity.
Multiple Document Formats
Data administrators can catalogue any digital or hard copy data and preview over 150 spatial formats. Online datasets can be opened into any compliant application.
Example Data Types
- GIS
- Documents (file system, SharePoint)
- Imagery
- CAD data
- Cadastre
- Archived digital data
- 3D models
Spatial Databases
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 & Pitney Bowes Software SpatialWare
- Oracle Spatial
- ESRI ArcSDE
Document Management Controls
Compass integrates with Microsoft SharePoint which provides a rich and secure document collaboration environment within your organisation.
Metadata
Metadata is information about data, describing the what, when, who and how of data. Spatial metadata incorporates additional information about the where component of data.
Compass provides the tools to capture information content with conditionality, obligation (mandatory/conditional/optional), and repeatability.
Offline Catalogues
Compass Enterprise provides the tools to subset data to a local desktop from the primary Compass catalogue, disconnect from the network and continue working.
Filtering and Reporting
A powerful search filter is included, allowing users to perform enterprise-wide searching, combining both spatial and metadata searching. The resultant documents can either be opened, published for reporting purposes or a subset created for use offline.
Flexible Data Model
Data administrators are able to build multiple catalogues for different projects and locations within an enterprise. Data Administrators can construct and customise catalogues, classify the data by type and source and apply metadata templates such as ANZLIC or FGDC.
Or alternatively, create a unique metadata group that best represents the intellectual property for your specific business.