GML Manager™ and MapGML™

Translation Software for OS MasterMap™

The Ordnance Survey MasterMap™ dataset will bring important challenges for all users of Geographical Information Systems. Translation of OS MasterMap™, from the GML/gz format to MapInfo tab format using GML Manager or MapGML, will turn these challenges into opportunities. GML Manager and MapGML take advantage of the MapInfo tab format, with it's powerful spatial querying capabilities, to meet the future demands for fast, efficient and accurate mapping.

OS MasterMap™

The polygonised objects in OS MasterMap™, such as buildings and land parcels, change the traditional look and feel of large-scale mapping. OS MasterMap^TM includes many additional data attributes such as Topographical Identifiers (TOID's), Themes, Descriptive Terms and Make fields, all of which can be utilised with the very fast and efficient format of the MapInfo tab file structure. GML Manager and MapGML are the fastest OS MasterMap™ to MapInfo translators currently available and provide the user with a 'total solution' to the OS MasterMap™ challenge.

GML Manager™

GML Manager uses a two-stage process: Stage One creates or updates a local OS MasterMap™ holding of the organisational area. Stage Two quickly "publishes" the data in a variety of styles to suit user requirements. Updates, when received, can be added quickly and easily to the local database and the data republished to MapInfo users as and when necessary.

Benefits:

• Runs within MapInfo.
• Fastest 'total solution' MapInfo translator.
• Reads compressed gz files directly.
• Creates an Access relational database holding all the attribute data rom the OS MasterMap™ dataset.
• Uses relational (lookup) tables to save space.
• Processes updates and holds history files in addition to the current database.
• User defined styles at publishing time.
• User defined tables and field names within tab files.
• AOI polygons allow publishing of defined areas.
• Option to publish to dxf format.
• Option to publish the 'screen'.
• Batch processing options.
• Additional MapBasic utilities provided for MapInfo users.

MapGML™

MapGML uses the same fast core translation engine as GML Manager, however, it is intended for those users who wish to translate full re-supply of data as supplied by the option under the OS SLA. MapGML uses a single stage process to read raw gz files directly and publish to MapInfo tab format using a selected style. MapGML can process some 1100 OS MasterMap™ objects/second. (1000Mhz PC)

Benefits:

• Runs within MapInfo.
• Reads compressed gz files directly.
• Fastest available one stage process from gz to MapInfo tab format. (1100 obj/sec – 1000Mhz PC).
• User defined styles at publishing time.
• User defined tables and field names within tab files.
• Option to translate to single table sets or to translate to seamless table sets.