Having to work with or plan for large data collections? Thousands of laboratory analysis records? Aerial survey data? Documents of all shapes and sizes? Digital maps of multiple formats?

Data Management

Efficient management of data is clearly a key aspect of many project, particularly those dealing with geospatial data. Advances are being rapidly made in the handling of data collections up to terabytes in size. Compass Informatics provide solutions to meet the range of data management headaches with a particular interest in new encoding methods that are breaking new ground and delivering real benefits to operational systems around the world.

Solutions include data management systems based around Oracle, Oracle Spatial, Microsoft SQL Server, ER Mapper / ECW JPeg2000, Helical and other suppliers.  We are experts in database schema design facilitating structured and integrated data holdings.

Sample projects:

• Design and development of a spatial data warehouse to serve EU Water Framework Directive national needs
• Integration of disparate Laboratory Information Systems across regions into a central warehouse
• Design of a data warehouse for spatial and scientific research data
• Conversion and management of hundreds of hardcopy aerial photos for delivery over a web-based mapping system