GIS

A GIS (Geographic Information System) is a technological framework designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of spatial and geographic data.

The key to GIS is that it links "tabular" data (such as the material type of a pipe or the power of a streetlight) with a specific geographic location (coordinates, lines, or polygons). This allows you to visualize patterns, relationships, and trends that would be invisible in a traditional database.

Beyond Google Maps: Layers and Analysis

It's a common mistake to confuse a basic map viewer (like Google Maps) with a professional GIS. A GIS allows you to work with superimposed layers of information:

• Base Layer: The background map (street map, satellite).
• Cadastral Layer: The official division of plots and properties.
• Infrastructure Layer: Your lighting, sanitation, or street furniture network.
• Incident Layer: Hotspots where breakdowns are concentrated.

By crossing these layers, you can answer complex questions: "How many sodium vapor streetlights are in the North district?" or "Which containers are in a flood zone?".

Types of Data in a GIS

• Vector: Points (streetlights), Lines (cables, pipes), and Polygons (parks, buildings). Ideal for precise inventories.
• Raster: Images made up of pixels, such as aerial photographs, heat maps, or digital elevation models.

GIS + CMMS Integration in Maptainer

Traditionally, technical departments had two separate software systems: GIS (for maps) and CMMS (for tasks), which rarely communicated with each other.

Maptainer eliminates this barrier. We're not a CMMS that "sticks" a map on the side; we're a platform built on a native GIS engine.

• Interoperability: We support standard formats like Shapefile (.shp), GeoJSON, and WMS/WFS services (Cadastre, PNOA).
• Topology: We understand physical relationships. If you select a Control Panel on the map, Maptainer knows which luminaires depend on it geographically.

This fusion enables maintenance management with complete spatial awareness, optimizing routes and clarifying asset ownership.