Tag Archives: GML
Testing the Aviation Meteorological Exchange Model (AvXML)
To enable states to publish Air Navigation Meteorological Service data in XML, the WMO and ICAO are developing an Aviation Meteorological Exchange Model (AvXML – current working title). In February 2013 release candidate 1.0 of AvXML was released for initial review by both the Meteorological and software vendor community. Discover what we have been doing here at Snowflake with AvXML…
CityGML Extension review and encoding for the Ordnance Survey
We’re pleased to announce our recent contract with the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, as part of the collaborative European Commission co-funded i-SCOPE project, to provide an open standard CityGML Application Domain Extension review and schema encoding. ..
GO Loader 1.7.1 – new updates!
Following the release of GO Loader 1.7 last October, we have turbo charged the latest update, 1.7.1, with some very exciting new features and improvements! We’ve also “exterminated” some bugs and responded as always to customer feedback. Upgrade from your existing version via the Customer Portal or contact us to try out an evaluation! So how have we suped-up GO Loader for 1.7.1?
Super speedy data loading…. GO Loader put to the test
Here at Snowflake we are all about developing the fastest, most scalable and easy to use software tools for our customers. Sounds great, but how fast are our software tools actually?
GO Loader 1.7 – jam packed full of new features!
Want to load, manage and visualise OpenStreetMap in your GIS? Want to to load any XML based data? Want to get up and running even quicker? Now you can with GO Loader 1.7! Check out all the hot new features of GO Loader 1.7.
XML and GML content validation – As A Service
Rubbish data in, rubbish data out – it is an inescapable fact that you can’t do a great deal with rubbish data, no matter how clever your axioms are. What you can do however, is work out how rubbish and why that is rubbish….you can now use business rules to check that the data content makes sense for your domain and usage.
Bring on the Maritime Extract, Transform and Load
S-100 Summer Update
Well it’s been a few months since GeoMaritime (June!) and I have been pleasantly surprised by the interest generated from my white paper drafted at the same time, “Adoption of Open Standards is just the start for Maritime Geospatial Information and Intelligence Exchange”. Since then I have been prompted into providing a bit more background to S-100, because the IHO website is almost undecipherable, unless you enjoy reading 100 page documents…
Adopting Open Standards for S100 is just the start for the Maritime domain
With GeoMaritime this week, it seemed appropriate to share my views on the process of validation and real world usage of GML based exchange products – S100 is shaping up to be the interoperability shot in the arm for the maritime industry, but it is just the start….
GML 3.2 is changing! (but not very much).
The OGC is updating GML 3.2 to make use of the current XLink 1.1 standard from the W3C (instead of 1.0 as currently used). What is this going to mean for GML users? The answer depends on how you work with the schemas…
Snowflake Kick Starts New Year With Intuitive Customer Portal
Snowflake Software has kick-started the new year with a brand new Customer Portal – support.snowflakesoftware.com. The new customer portal is the latest in a line of improvements that the Snowflake customer base has seen over the last year, including the launch of the Early Access Programme and the availability of OS OpenData as GML.
