Technical Specification
Features List – Datascape Manager:
- Use XCOPY to copy data tables from other databases, eg MS SQL, Oracle etc
- Use ODBC to directly inject data into the database (eg for live feeds and GPS)
- Integrates Datascape with Extract-Transform-Load (ETLC) Tools (eg for XML or Big Data)
- Import data directly from Comma Separated Variable (CSV) files
- Import from Excel and OpenOffice through CSV files
- Import network/social graphs as node and edges files/tables
- Load custom images for use in Datascape panels and markers
- Rename and delete datasets and workspaces
- Export (text and XML) and import (XML) data mapping definitions
- Copy data mapping definitions between workspace
Features List – Datascape Viewer:
- Plot up to 65,000 entities (5000 for community edition)
- Assign data fields to: X/Y/Z co-ordinates, colour, shape, size (X/Y.Z), rotation (X/Y/Z), image, label, axis labels (X/Y/Z), web link
- Create translation tables to map data values to colours, shapes and texture, with auto-fill
- Full SQL function library to create complex mappings involving multiple data fields
- Data assist to help choose fields and use common functions
- Field and feature value preview to assist in mapping creation
- Search, filter and group data by any data field
- Show/hide/select/activate individual data sets and groups
- Manual grouping of items
- Specify colour, shape and size over-rides for new groups
- 1D (bar) or 2D (panel) axes, or spherical (for globe maps)
- Set axis ranges and Change axis size and position manually or with mouse
- Adjust degree of 3D effect or flatten to 2D
- Supports multiple axes for separate, multiple plots in the same workspace
- Assign image or URL to panels (e.g. for maps and schematics)
- Assign map system to panels (OpenStreetMap or Google Maps) (requires optional module)
- Animate data over time (or any other parameter)
- Manually scrub through any parameter
- Generate network lines to join points
- Context menu for facet/boolean search or click-through to URL
- Apply force graphs to network/social graphs
- Auto-refresh for live data feeds, with pause and variable update time
- Auto-tagging of new live data
- Full freedom of camera movement and direction
- Lock camera to any axis
- Rotate camera around any data point
- Switch between perspective and orthographic camera views
- Save camera position/direction as bookmarks
- Save screenshots as .png image files
- Create, save and rename workspaces and data mappings
- Change ground and sky backgrounds
- Share visualisation in real-time with up to X colleagues (Pro version only)
Licence Options:
Datascape is available in two versions:
- Community Edition: For private non-commercial, and micro-business (<£75,000) use, and as 14 day trial for other users
- Pro Edition: For use by organisations with a turnover/budget of over £75,000
Volume discounts, site and enterprise, and educational discounts are available.
Supporting Services:
Daden can also provide on and off-site training, integration and on or off-site analysis support, creating workspaces, mappings and visualisations for use by your staff as required.
System Requirements
Datascape runs on Windows XP, Vista and 7 (Mac and web/iOS versions may follow). The recommended (minimum) specification is 3GHz Quad core (2GHz Duo core), 4 GB (2.5GB), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB (ATI Radeon® HD 4570, 512MB ).Microsoft .Net 4.0
Database Requirements
Datascape uses the MySQL (Server 5.5 and Connection / Net 6.5.4) database for its own internal data management. This can be downloaded alongside the application and full install instructions are given. Other databases will be supported in later releases – or on a project by project basis.
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