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About COOLSoftware

We found that Visio and other mapping programs had severe limitations that needed to be addressed:

  • Collaboration was limited in desktop versions
  • No automation of map creation existed
  • No true Enterprise capability
  • No SaaS delivery (Software as a Service)
  • No viewing without the software (web portal)
  • No Version Control
  • No security or permissioning
  • Limited ability to send maps by email
  • No process management for the creation of large groups of maps
  • No logs and reporting functionality

To address these issues, we developed our own software, COOLMaps 2.0.

COOLMaps 2.0 is built on the Microsoft .Net platform. It is comprised of three modules:

  • Rich Client
    • The piece that installs on a desktop or laptop
    • Has the functionality of map creation: wizards, editing, linking, issue identification, logs, version control, audit control
    • Publishes to the Processing Engine
  • Processing Engine
    • Where data and the algorithms that produce maps, reports, filtering, security, permissioning etc are stored
  • Web Portal Viewer
    • Browser based viewer reaches into the Engine through the Internet or your Intranet to grab maps and reports for review
    • No software necessary except Internet Explorer, Firefox, or other web browsers

COOLMaps 2.0 Software has three different delivery versions:

  • Desktop
  • Enterprise
  • SaaS

Technical Stuff:

  • Microsoft .Net 3.0 platform
  • C# language
  • XML used for main data storage
  • MDB Index Files for local indexing and search