Description

viaEuropa is a new online service from Europa Technologies for the delivery of high quality digital maps direct to your application. viaEuropa bridges the chasm between raw data delivery and a finished map product ready for deployment, making it ideal for any organisation needing to deliver location intelligent applications whilst saving time, saving money and improving customer service.

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The service uses Europa Technologies' years of expertise in map tile rendering to deliver high quality map tiles directly to your web mapping application or desktop GIS. The hosted service is an example of Data as a Service (DaaS) and uses high performance servers to provide a scalable level of performance as the number of users grows. The benefits of pre-rendering the digital map data are:

• Improved performance
• Cartographic flexibility including colour vision deficiency support
• Consistent maps across different applications
• Quick and easy to implement
• Broad support for different applications and platforms

Types of service

viaEuropa hosted services are designed to meet a wide range of needs from public sector and non-commercial users through to private sector businesses; for individual desktop users, departmental intranets and public web mapping applications. We offer two services today – viaEuropa Open and viaEuropa Plus. The different services are differentiated by their performance, availability and usage limits – making them match the needs of your applications and users.

viaEuropa Open – allows you to try out the service for free in a non-commercial environment and is aimed at lower usage applications where guaranteed availability of the service is not needed. The use of the service is simply covered by a fair use policy to ensure that no single user can over use it to the detriment of other users.

via Europa Plus – aimed at commercial and high-availability applications where your users depend on the service being available.

via Europa for PSMA – designed for members of the Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA), providing high-availability to desktop, web and mobile applications.

Feature Matrix

	viaEuropa Open	viaEuropa Plus	viaEuropa for PSMA	viaEuropa Express
Includes OS MasterMap® and OS VectorMap® Local for Great Britain
Includes OS OpenData™ for Great Britain (Strategi, OS VectorMap™ District and Land-Form PANORAMA)
Includes world map	(lite)	(full)	(lite)	(full)
Available for desktop mapping applications
Available for internal software development
Available for intranet mapping applications
Available for public web mapping applications
Available for mobile web mapping applications
Available for commercial use
Add more digital maps		(POA)	(POA)	(POA)
Add business asset data		(POA)	(POA)	(POA)
Usage limit	Fair Usage Policy Applies	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Server	Shared	Dedicated	Shared/Dedicated	Shared/Dedicated
Service duration	Indefinite	Annual	Annual	Annual
Cost	FREE! - Register Now	POA	POA	POA

= Included as standard
= Subject to licence

Multiple map sources

viaEuropa is compatible with virtually any source of digital map data. The service already includes support for a number of Ordnance Survey products including OS OpenData™, with the viaEuropa Plus service able to support OS VectorMap™ Local and OS MasterMap®. It can even be fused with your own map data to create a stunning base map that is bespoke for you. The service can seamlessly integrate multiple map sources allowing a user to zoom in and out through multiple levels of detail, each supplied by a different digital map product.

Wide industry support

viaEuropa uses a standards-based approach to deliver digital maps to many different applications and APIs across desktop, web and mobile platforms. These include Bing, ESRI, Google, MapInfo, OpenLayers, Oracle and OS OpenSpace®. We even support mobile devices such as the Apple iPhone and iPad.

How can I start using the viaEuropa service?

To start using viaEuropa Open, simply register for the service today. We will send you back you own unique access information and details of how to link your web mapping application or desktop GIS into the viaEuropa service.Register Now

If you need to use viaEuropa for a commercial application or need enhanced levels of service availability, then contact us to find out more about our viaEuropa Plus service.

Further Information

For further information, please contact our sales team who will be happy to help you.

Duncan Hill, Business Development Manager
Telephone: +44 (0)1932 64 55 60 (direct)
e-mail:

Warren Vick, Director
Telephone: +44 (0)1932 64 55 55, option 1
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