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