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The GeoPQL System

GeoPQL,  fully researched and developed by IPT srl in collaboration with CNR (National Council for Scientific Research Rome,  emerges as the first  European stand alone extension for the ESRI ArcGis 8.x  suite of applications.  It is a system  that has been created according to ESRI standards, from which it inherits the data format and numerous functions, with a user friendly graphic interface for quick and easy use.    Entirely created on the basis of the technology used by the same ESRI developers (ArcObjects)  it combines the power of calculation with  simplicity of use.  Indeed, GeoPQL is a system for the formulation of  highly specialized visual queries that are perfectly integrated with the ESRI system, its strong point being simplicity of use and excellent result performance .

 

GeoPQL permits the making of  increasingly complex queries with the minimum waste of time and the certainty of  true and  accurate results.  All the basic surfing and graphics functions available in ArcGis conform to the ESRI standard, in addition to proprietor  functions such as clear and  highly powerful geoprocessing (a development  on that already existing in ArcGis), visual  analysis of the graph in real-time, a sql-like decryptive proprietary  language of the planned query, etc.

Thus, the GeoPQL finds its database in the ESRI geodatabase and format layer from which it inherits its characteristics.


The layers in ArcGis are completely managed in the GeoPQL system by means of a system of symbolic association with graphic objects (O.G.S.) points, lines and polygons on which it is possible to place alphanumeric restraints both on geographical  data attributes and on their spatial position using  restrictions on distance.

In this way, the system allows queries to be made, outlining them by means of the drag and drop of symbolic graphic objects, and their resulting association with the appropriate layers of the ArcGis through an efficiently conducted  system.  In this way, the query is then described by a series of spatial relations, encoded inside the GeoPQL, displayed to the user by means of  interactive lists that are continuously updated during the design stage.  The choice of a relationship  enables the illumination of the two objects concerned.  At the end of the design it is possible to modify the object both as regards its spatial position  and its type of association, including any restraints that have been imposed by specific tools for such purposes.

The processing of the query takes place through the visual selection of a target, that is, the objective of the research which is described in detailed SQL-like language and with the display, in preview, of the results that can be displayed for subsequent processing in ArcGis. 

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