iDelve continually pushes the edge of innovation. Our research & development continues to produce groundbreaking and industry-leading software in the mapping world.

Vector mapping

Traditional web-mapping systems are based on downloading large images of rendered maps. iDelve breaks away from this conventional methodology by downloading spatial features as individual objects. This enables users to directly query and interact with specific features in real-time.

Streaming

Streaming technology provides users with a smooth and uninterrupted experience. Users are free to navigate and interact with individual feature objects as they are downloaded and displayed on the map.

Progressive Definition

iDelve progressively provides more and more detail to features as users zoom in. The detail is streamed smoothly and in most cases imperceptibly to the user.

Intelligent caching and compression

Sophisticated compression and caching techniques were developed to allow iDelve to provide a fantastic user experience while accessing vast quantities of spatial data.

OGC Acceleration

In addition to being able to source data from compatible OGC services, iDelve uses groundbreaking acceleration technology to display maps using OGC sources significantly faster than standard OGC map clients.

Distributed heterogeneous sources

iDelve has developed from the ground up to support multiple data sources of all types, from databases and flat file formats to web mapping protocols. Support for new formats, obscure or proprietary formats can be added.