In KB "Panorama" the GIS "Panorama Mobile" version 1.4 for domestic mobile Aurora OS has been developed. The new version has optimized the display of geoportal data and implemented the ability to save data into the MBTiles tile pyramid. The tools for combining various spatial data have been expanded, and the mechanisms for using the internal buffer with limited memory have been improved.

The improved task of connecting geoportals allows you to optimize the display of popular third-party sources of spatial data (OpenStreetMap, Yandex, KB "Panorama" and others) on mobile devices. The program has increased the speed of loading and displaying tiles. Taking into account the system performance, a pool of independent threads is formed to load, process and display the received data. Multi-threaded data loading reduces latency when moving the screen, zooming the map, and performing spatial queries on the geoportal.

The ability to save geoportal data into a pyramid of MBTiles tiles onto a user-selected area for further offline use on mobile devices in the absence of the Internet has been implemented. In order to increase the speed of data access for the WMS protocol, data caching in the form of tiles has been added. In the developed mobile applications, a cache of data from geoportals will be automatically saved on the device and used in the absence of the Internet. In order to update previously saved data, you can set the geoportal cache lifetime in seconds.

In the new version the possibility has been implemented for addition of a geoportal from the list to any open data. This will allow the user to combine a larger number of different data for a more detailed analysis of the area. In order to simplify navigation onto saved points of the "Navigator" task the ability of displaying a straight line to a point has been added. Also this mode displays distance to the chosen point from the center of the screen. The new version adds the ability to customize the behavior of the "Zoom" gesture: always change the scale to the center of the screen or change the scale to the center of the zoom gesture.

The functioning of the developed mobile application in conditions of limited amount of available RAM has been improved. The need for the program to work in conditions of a small amount of system resources becomes relevant when using the embedded devices, portable laptops, specialized tablets and other similar devices. If there is a lack of memory, the GIS core automatically activates a buffer with a limited amount of memory and performs all operations with data using only this buffer. As a result, memory consumption by the GIS application is drastically reduced. The new version of the application adds the ability to explicitly set a limit on the amount of memory used by the application for opening the data, when it is reached, this mode will be activated forcibly.

GIS "Panorama Mobile" allows you to open and edit the main formats of digital maps of GIS "Panorama" and popular geoportals on mobile devices based on the Aurora OS, to process information from the built-in GPS/GLONASS receiver. The user can prepare in advance a necessary set of spatial data in one of desktop products (GIS "Panorama", "Panorama-editor", GIS Panorama Mini) and to transfer it into the mobile GIS "Panorama Mobile". The process of working with data is carried out autonomously, without connecting to the Internet. When the user moves, his current position is dynamically displayed according to the coordinates obtained from the GPS/GLONASS receiver. For ease of use, it is possible to synchronize the position of the map with the current location. To save the coordinates obtained during movement, a track recording mode is provided, which creates a separate map and puts the trajectory of movement onto it. For all objects of a map during the work the basic information is provided . The program is developed on the basis of the GIS Constructor toolkit, which provides components for creating mobile applications for working with digital maps in the C++ programming language using the Qt.

Aurora OS - is a Russian mobile operating system developed by the "Open mobile platform" company. Operating system been created to build a trusted mobile infrastructure, protect sensitive information in government organizations, large and medium-sized commercial companies. Contributes to ensuring the technological sovereignty of the state through a secure mobile environment and meets all the requirements of regulators in the field of national security and information protection. Aurora OS allows centrally to operate the base of mobile devices and the used mobile software at use of Aurora Center. The current version of the mobile Aurora OS has been certified by the FSTEC of Russia and fully complies with the requirements for type "A" operating systems of 4 protection class and 4 trust levels.

The new version of the program is available for download in the Download section.

Specialists of KB "Panorama" have prepared a video lesson about setting parameters for working with the Complex of preparation of documents of aeronautical information, consisting of applied tasks: "Preparation of AI documents", "Flight procedures design", "Assessment of compliance for aerodromes with the requirements FAR". The complex for preparing aeronautical information documents is installed in addition to the GIS "Panorama" or GIS "Operator".

The training material demonstrates the process of creating aeronautical maps (based on the dfc.rsc classifier) and making settings for working with the complex. When making settings on the "General parameters" tab, the current region, the start date of putting objects into use in the database, the data update period, airspace boundaries, and others are set. The settings set parameters for drawing objects on the map and actions when clearing the map. When applying signatures onto the map, their position and distance relative to the objects being created are selected.

On the "Compliance map" tab, you select a list of object categories provided for by the AICM database specification. On the "Additionally" tab, the accuracy of input and output of coordinates for each category of objects is adjusted, the matrix of magnetic declination and the matrix of amendments are indicated. The "Information input units" field is intended for setting the input of constant units of measurement. This allows units of measurement to be automatically entered into the database, simplifying the data input process.

You can view the training materials in the "Video lessons" section.

KB "Panorama" received a certificate of conformity for the software product the GIS Constructor of geoinformation systems (GIS Constructor for Qt Designer), operating under the 64-bit operating system "Astra Linux Special Edition" versions 1.6 and 1.7. The program is certified in the information security certification system of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for compliance with the requirements of the governing document of the State Technical Commission of Russia, including the control of absence of undeclared capabilities and for compliance with real and declared functionality in the documentation.

In October the certification tests of the updated programs the GIS "Operator" SE and GIS Server SE for OS "Astra Linux Special Edition" have begun.

GIS Constructor is a set of components for use in the visual programming environment of Qt Designer, which allows you to develop your own GIS applications. The visualization of the contents of digital maps is made in conventional symbols adopted for topographic, geographical and various special maps. Geoinformation system has ample opportunities for performing calculations, for providing display of spatial data on various graphic devices in standard and user systems of conventional symbols. The main functions can be executed in multithreaded mode. It supports automatic optimization of used memory for processing large amounts of data (tens of gigabytes) on limited resources (hundreds of megabytes).

The toolkit allows you to implement in the developed GIS applications a direct connection to large spatial databases (millions of records) by using the support of DBM format. Information from the database is displayed in the form of vector maps of the area. GIS application will be able to simultaneously edit the contents of databases connected directly and through the GIS Server, carry out exchange of information between different databases, agree the coordinates and attributes of objects in different databases, jointly display information from different databases in the form of graphic layers, combine data with images , matrixes of heights, vector maps and data from various geoportals and web services. Spatial information from the database is displayed in the form of cartographic conventional symbols, which makes the editing process transparent for the user. The set of displayed and edited objects and their semantic characteristics can be flexibly specified using an SQL query.

GIS Constructor contains an API in Python language that provides access to several thousand functions of the MAPAPI-interface for spatial data analysis, automation of processes of creating and updating digital terrain models. There are several options for using scripts as part of a GIS application: a visual component of designing, a program interface of a call from the C/C++ language, direct writing and execution of Python scripts. Due to the fact that the Python scripting programming language has a large set of connected modules, the user receives an easy-to-use and extensive auxiliary toolkit (mathematical calculations, processing of text and graphic data, work with a network and another) when creating a GIS application. More detailed information is given in the document "Programmer's guide".

In KB "Panorama" the GIS Constructor for domestic mobile Aurora OS version 1.3 has been developed. The new version has expanded the tools for processing and displaying data, improved the mechanisms for opening spatial data from the GIS Server and using the internal buffer with a limited amount of memory. The display of popular geoportals has been optimized, access to archived geoportal data has been added, and the ability to save geoportal data into the MBTiles tile pyramid has been implemented. The list of available MAPAPI interface methods has been supplemented and the list of supported geoportals has been expanded.

The improved task of connecting geoportals allows you to optimize the display of popular third-party sources of spatial data (OpenStreetMap, Yandex, KB "Panorama" and others) on mobile devices. The new version has increased the speed of loading and displaying tiles. The GIS core automatically evaluates the computer parameters: the number of cores, the size of the RAM, the bandwidth of the data transmission channel. Taking into account the performance of the system, a pool of independent threads is formed to load, process and display the received data. Multi-threaded data loading reduces delays when moving the screen, scaling the map, and performing spatial queries to the geoportal.

The ability to save geoportal data into a pyramid of MBTiles tiles or into a raster for a user-selected territory for further offline use on mobile devices in the absence of the Internet has been implemented. In order to increase the speed of data access for the WMS protocol, data caching in the form of tiles has been added. In the developed mobile applications, a cache of data from geoportals will be automatically saved on the device and used in the absence of the Internet. In order to update previously saved data, it is possible to set the geoportal cache lifetime in seconds.

Access to geoportal archive data has been added. Examples of such geoportals are the Sentinel Hub geoportal or the VEGA service. The task allows you to connect to images or data on the geoportal by specifying the date, the request period, or the percentage of maximum cloudiness of satellite images. Into the list of geoportals the geoportal of Krasnodar territory has been added containing the layers: Administrative territorial division, Contours of fields of agricultural land, Fishing grounds, Vine plantations. The new version of the toolkit provides tools for implementing access to dynamically expanded geoportals (for example, KB "Panorama"). When choosing such a geoportal, you need to submit a GetCapabilities request to the service and, based on it, build a list of current data to be presented in the form of a tree of available layers.

In toolkit the algorithms for processing and displaying data have been improved. The number of supported sheets for multi-sheet maps has been increased by 4 times. The accuracy of transparency calculations for vector objects and a polygon object - colored glass - has been increased. The algorithms for interaction with the GIS Server have been improved, for example, the interaction mechanism when editing maps containing a small number of objects. The list of available MAPAPI methods has been expanded. There are implemented the methods for constructing the intersection of multipolygons in the form of a multipolygon and creating map objects using coordinates from a text file. Ability to display only error messages in the diagnostic protocol has been added. This allows you to effectively determine the cause of abnormal behavior of a program that performs a large number of operations with spatial data. In this case, limiting the output by error messages reduces the size of the resulting protocol and makes it convenient for further analysis.

The functioning of the developed mobile applications in conditions of limited amount of available RAM has been improved. The need for the program to work in conditions of a small amount of system resources becomes relevant when using the embedded devices, portable laptops, specialized tablets and other similar devices. If there is a lack of memory, the GIS core automatically activates a buffer with a limited amount of memory and performs all operations with data using only this buffer. As a result, memory consumption by the GIS application is drastically reduced. The new version adds the ability to explicitly set a limit on the amount of memory used by the application for opening the data, when it is reached, this mode will be activated forcibly.

Display of sea maps according to the S52 standard has been improved. There is clarified the implementation of procedures for forming depth values based on attribute values for underwater obstacles, taking into account the underlying objects, a requesting the code of the displayed symbol and the display flag taking into account the depth of the obstacle and requesting the code of an isolated underwater hazard with a depth less than the safety contour.

As an example, the program includes the source texts of the mobile application GIS "Panorama Mobile" for OS Aurora. They can be taken as a basis at creation of own mobile application in the C++ programming language with use of tools of Qt and QML. GIS "Panorama Mobile" allows you to jointly display vector maps (topographic, operational situation, marine navigation, aeronautical), matrix and raster data (Earth's remote sensing data). Modern packed formats of vector maps SITZ, MAPZ, MPTZ are supported, which are decompressed in RAM on the fly. The user can dynamically control the visibility of each layer for easy viewing and analysis of spatial data. Popular spatial data geoportals (OpenStreetMap, Yandex, KB "Panorama" and others) can be used as cartographic substrates. Connecting geoportals allows you to receive cartographic information anywhere in the world when determining the current location and recording the route from the built-in GPS / GLONASS receiver. GIS "Panorama Mobile" allows processing data formats of desktop products (GIS "Panorama", Panorama-editor, GIS Panorama Mini).

GIS Constructor for the domestic mobile OS Aurora is a set of geoinformation components based on the cross-platform interface for working with spatial data MAPAPI and the Qt framework, which allows you to develop your own GIS applications for mobile devices based on the Aurora OS. Visualization of the contents of digital maps is carried out in conventional symbols adopted for topographical, geographical and various special maps. Geographic information system has ample capabilities for performing calculations, ensuring the display of spatial data on various graphic devices in standard and user systems of conventional symbols. Basic functions can be performed in multi-threaded mode. Supports automatic optimization of used RAM for processing large amounts of data (tens of gigabytes) on limited resources (hundreds of megabytes).

Aurora OS - is a Russian mobile operating system developed by the "Open mobile platform" company. The operating system was created to build a trusted mobile infrastructure, protect sensitive information in government organizations, large and medium-sized commercial companies. Contributes to ensuring the technological sovereignty of the state through a secure mobile environment and meets all the requirements of regulators in the field of national security and information protection. Aurora OS allows centrally to operate the base of mobile devices and the used mobile software at use of Aurora Center. The current version of the Aurora mobile OS has been certified by the FSTEC of Russia and fully complies with the requirements for type "A" operating systems of 4 protection class and 4 trust levels.

The new version of GIS Constructor for Aurora OS is available for download in the Download section.

In KB "Panorama" the Complex for preparing aeronautical information documents version 8.2.4 under the control of the GIS "Panorama" or GIS "Operator" has been developed. In the new version, in the "Input airports and heliports to database" dialog, the ability to maintain a database of vertical boundaries of route sections in two measurement systems (for example, feet and meters) has been implemented. The mode allows you to expand the filling of the aeronautical database of the complex with information contained in the AIP of the Russian Federation (Part II Route (ENR)).

The "Output of prohibited, danger and restriction zones" dialog has been improved. When mapping international and domestic air routes, area navigation routes, local air routes, a mode has been added that allows you to generate an object signature taking into account the values of the upper and lower boundaries of route sections in flight levels (FL), feet, meters, feet and meters.

The complex of preparing documents of aeronautical information is a set of tools for maintaining an aeronautical data base, a modeling and analyzing the aeronautical situation, generating aeronautical maps and exchanging data with other information systems through export and import in the ARINC 424-19 exchange format and export in the AIXM 5.1 format. The task "Flight procedures design" is used to design the routes of departure, approach and landing and to analyze the safety of flights on them. The task "Assessment of compliance for aerodromes with the requirements FAR" is intended for the analysis of the aerodrome and the aerodrome environs for the suitability for operation and aircraft flights in accordance with the Federal Aviation Regulations.

The new version of the program, examples of aeronautical information documents, operational documentation, video lessons and presentations are available for download on the Download page.