BGI

General description

BGI develops application software (complete software or components) with a primary focus on graphics for internal use or for third parties. We program in the following languages: DOT.NET (VB.Net, ASP.Net, etc.), VB, VBA, HTML, XML, etc. In addition to specialized applications, BGI has also developed generic commercial off-the-shelf software:MapFly BGI develops Internet/Intranet applications which allow clients to remotely retrieve data from alphanumeric string and/or graphical databases using basic Web browsers (HTML, XML, ASP, VB Script, Javascript, .NET). BGI also provides complete database set-ups (in SIG format, as well as others) in a wide range of programming environments: Access, SQLS erver, ORACLE, MySQL, etc.

Developed Products

Stand alone software development

MapFly: Our Company’s flagship program is an entry-level GIS (geographic information system) software package. MapFly map management software allows for quick and easy display and viewing of 2D vector files (formats: mff, dgn, sfu, shp, mid/mif) and for the remote linking of this information with alphanumeric attributes stored in databases (ODBC, Access, SqlServeur, MySQL, Dbase, FoxPro, etc.). MapFly is also the ideal interface to make the most of “Bruxelles UrbiS” data, the GIS database for the Brussels Region.

Other developments

■ Urba Manager: Management software for following up town and country planning permit applications and related documents

■ Module development (macros) for other software

■ DaLi (Database Link): Module developed with MicroStation (Bentley’s CAO software) which allows for the linking of alpha-numeric data with a basic map and for its use in the graphics editor

■ Development of custom software (stand alone) or components (to be integrated in software available on the market)

Examples

■ Refractory Furnaces: a custom application for use with MicroStation developed for GLAVERBEL by BGI for furnace design.

■ BOM (Build of Material): program used by SNECMA for the encoding and management of airplane engine disassembly and reassembly It is based on a SQL Server database

■ Complete database setup: database design data processing and parameters geo-coding ActiveX integration (software components) for map visualisation and/or processing, updating procedures, information flow management
Internet/Intranet publications on database utilisation - Website setup

Targets and References

Our MapFly program has been distributed to all municipal administrations in the Brussels Region. Our target market nonetheless extends beyond the public sector and also includes all parties involved in area management, whether for localisation purposes (promotional distribution, transportation logistics, duty pharmacists, sidewalk accessibility, etc.) or for land management (management of town planning permits, building developments, town planning projects, etc.).

References

 All 19 municipalities of the Brussels Region, the municipality of Fontaine-L’Evêque, AATL (Public Service for Housing and Special Planning for the Brussels Region), the IBGE (Brussels Institute for Management of the Environment), the BRD A (Brussels Regional Development Agency), Glaverbel, SNECMA, the FWA (Walloon Agricultural Federation), and others.

Innovative aspects/Advantages

MapFly is the first program which, for the Brussels Region, makes the basic map data for “Bruxelles UrbiS” (Brussels map foundation layer managed by the BRIC (Brussels Regional Informatics Centre)) accessible to all by way of simple and intuitive software. Going beyond elementary management of the basic map of Brussels and its intrinsic data, MapFly allows the user to overlay customized information onto the map (graphics and databases). The user can define the setup of data management interfaces in numerous formats, including Web pages. In order to accommodate customer-specific developments, BGI has included the capacity to program Visual Basic extensions for MapFly.