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Developer(s) | GE Energy Connections |
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Stable release | |
Operating system | Windows |
Type | GIS software |
License | Proprietary |
Website | www.gegridsolutions.com/geospatial/catalog/smallworld_core.htm |
Ge Smallworld Gis
Smallworld is the brand name of a portfolio of GIS software provided by GE Energy Connections, a division of General Electric. The software was originally created by the Smallworld company founded in Cambridge, England, in 1989 by Dick Newell and others. Smallworld grew to become the global market leader for GIS in utilities and communications and remains in this position today.[1] Smallworld was acquired by GE Energy in September 2000.[2][3]
Smallworld Core Spatial technology is an object-oriented, database-driven product that provides a powerful, consistent architecture for geospatial applications such as those used for planning electric, gas and water distribution systems, designing telecommunications networks and evaluating strategic market opportunities. Move data between GE Smallworld GIS systems and 325+ formats including GIS, CAD, databases and more using Safe Software's FME. Try it for free. Smallworld is the brand name of a portfolio of GIS software provided by GE Energy Connections, a division of General Electric.The software was originally created by the Smallworld company founded in Cambridge, England, in 1989 by Dick Newell and others.
Smallworld technology supports application products for telecommunications, utilities, and public systems organizations.
Smallworld Product Suite[edit]
GIS Developer with GE Small World. Job summary: Our Client is looking for a Software Application Engineer to join their team. This position can be in New Orleans. Move data between GE Smallworld GIS systems and 325+ formats including GIS, CAD, databases and more using Safe Software's FME. Try it for free.
The Smallworld Product Suite Offerings include Asset Management and Geographic Information System software for:
Smallworld Gis Vs Esri Gis
- Smallworld Physical and Logical Network Inventories, Fiber-to-the-Home solution, Physical Resource Assignment and Bearer Management for Telecommunications
- Smallworld Electric Office, Gas Distribution Office, Global Transmission Office and Water Office for Utilities
- Smallworld GeoSpatial Analysis for geospatial business intelligence
- Smallworld GeoSpatial Server for web service integration and web mapping
- Smallworld Design Manager for Engineering Design
- Smallworld is also used by PowerOn, GE's Outage Management System
Technology[edit]
GE Energy's Smallworld GIS platform is based on three technologies:
- An object-oriented programming language called Magik that supports multiple inheritance, polymorphism and is dynamically typed.
- A database technology called Version Managed Data Store (VMDS) that has been designed and optimized for storing and analyzing complex spatial and topological data. The native Smallworld datastore can be stored in an Oracle Database. This allows the use of Oracle facilities for backups and recovery
- A Java Enterprise Edition architecture for web services and web mapping
References[edit]
- ^according to a 2010 Daratech report
- ^'GE Completes Acquisition of Smallworldwide plc'. 3 October 2000. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ^'GPU Selects Smallworld for Enterprise-Wide Network'. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
Smallworld Gis Training
External links[edit]
Ge Smallworld Tutorial
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