Integration, so long the bugbear of organisations with multiple systems, is becoming easier and can mean huge cost savings for councils. Data Share, the optional module for iShareMaps can now integrate with ESRI CAPs/ArcSDE . The savings accrue from the fact that Councils do not have to pay additional software licenses for web delivery of their exsiting data. Data Share effectively sucks data out of the corporate data store and then caches it into a separate open source database for use by iShareMaps. Key applications remain completely unaffected and secure  because Data Store caches the data to another data store it provides a resilient solution for public facing applications especially services delivered to the public by Council websites.

Date Share, historically used to allow for non spatial lookups from back office databases, now sports a new workflow module so that data can be manipulated to perform spatial queries on the fly for a particular use elsewhere. For example,  at Surrey Heath data is spatially manipulated (though some intelligent land parcel buffering) through a workflow to ensure that a citizen only sees planning applications relevant to his or her property.  Built using tasks and scheduled jobs (which automatically email the administrator if issues are encountered) makes iShareMaps even more capable of producing rich citizen focussed solutions

Examples of Integrated Systems