Integrated Information Services

Solving problems using spatial data

Many organisations have large quantities of spatially referenced data often spread around numerous databases that they have difficulty in integrating, visualising and analysing using traditional reporting or GIS tools.

Specialists are required for data extraction, analysis and to produce information products that can be published on paper or to the Web.

The process is time consuming, expensive and inflexible and presents a considerable barrier to staff, clients and other stakeholders from gaining full value from expensively acquired data.

Fishing vessel tracking plot generated using Vessel Monitoring Systems

Cefas Integrated Solutions

Cefas has extensive experience in producing cost effective solutions to such problems. Our application developers specialise in designing and implementing fully integrated information systems that can transparently integrate data from different data sources with flexible, easy to use GIS based tools to visualise and automatically publish information via private Intranets or the Internet.

We have developed an Internet based GIS toolbox approach that enables users of our systems to flexibly retrieve data from existing database systems and to analyse it in a variety of graphical, tabular or map based ways using a standard Web browser without having to learn how to operate the complex underlying software.

Support Services

We work closely with clients to ensure that their needs are fully met, and in addition to designing, developing and implementing customised information systems we can offer a full range of support services on the terms that our customers require.

Full support services include:

• datacentre design and implementation, security planning, communications, Internet and Intranet systems design
• Professional project management support
• Specialist training
• Documentation development
• Application hosting and management

Expertise

We specialise in interfacing our systems to real time data sources such as remote instrumentation, and in providing reliable, secure interfaces to existing data communications systems.

Knowledge

We understand how environmental and fisheries data are used and can build modelling, statistical processing and risk assessment modules into our systems, enabling our clients to produce fully integrated solutions to their problems.

Benefits from Cefas systems

We offer fully integrated solutions to management problems that

• Reduce data processing costs
• Are easy to use via standard Web browsers
• Increase information value
• Can provide near real time access to data
• Provide reporting tools for expert and non specialist users
• Provide data security and controllable access
• Are reliable and offer high levels of data availability
• Are cost effective to purchase
• Build upon our expert knowledge on the use of environmental and fisheries data