A family of Autodesk® MapGuide® 6.5 data providers includes the following components:
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Data Provider for Oracle® Spatial
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Data Provider for Microsoft® SQL Server
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Data Provider for Microsoft® Access
Each component is in itself an OLE DB data provider and complies with Autodesk® MapGuide® 6.5 requirements for data providers stipulated in Open GIS Consortium (OGC) white papers.
Data Provider for Oracle® Spatial’s functionability is similar to functional capacities of Oracle® data provider from Autodesk® MapGuide® suite, with the only exception that it has been enhanced and expanded with new capabilities:
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Oriented point processing in Intergraph® and Oracle® 10g Release 2 formats.
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Access to Intergraph® text points and their further display on the Autodesk® MapGuide® map with the specified text point orientation.
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Oracle® Spatial 2D and 3D index support.
Data providers for Microsoft® SQL Server and Microsoft® Access enlarge Autodesk® MapGuide® 6.5 capabilities through access to data stored in the Intergraph® format.
All data providers mentioned above have a uniform interface allowing the customer to quickly set the required operational mode and start a detailed multilevel diagnostics that largely simplifies administration workflows.
CSoft data providers help enhance Autodesk® MapGuide® 6.5 capacities enabling access to spatial data pre-processed in various GIS systems.
The above-said data providers allow creation of a unified informational network for real-time GIS operability through the simultaneous employment of both instrumental GIS and Autodesk® MapGuide® 6.5 viewing tools to access data storages.