About OnTerra
OnTerra Systems LLC offers on-premise integrated location solutions leveraging off-the-shelf software technologies combined with powerful – yet inexpensive - GPS tracking devices from a variety of vendors. OnTerra has customized, integrated, and deployed Virtual Earth and MapPoint-based solutions at multiple customers enabling them to achieve competitive advantage in their industry due to the uniqueness of their respective solutions. The ability to customize, integrate, and operate our solution on-site is what distinguishes us most from our competition. That, combined with the seniority and experience of our team, enables us to deliver these solutions quickly and with high quality results for quicker return on your investment.
Microsoft Virtual Earth
Virtual Earth provides powerful mapping capabilities for integrating location information into business solutions. With Virtual Earth, organizations can use applications that enable users to visually interact with complex information. Additionally, its service-oriented architecture enables partners such as OnTerra to develop innovative solutions that take advantage of customizable features and imagery, dynamic maps, driving directions, and powerful data visualization and reporting capabilities without significant financial investments. Key features include:
- Bird’s Eye Imagery : Exclusive to
Microsoft—get unique views of real-world locations, providing
insight into “what it’s like there.” Bird’s eye view imagery is
popular with travel sites and real estate sites because users
can get a glimpse of the location or house. Users can also pan
continuously across the map in bird’s eye view.
- Aerial Imagery: Enjoy high-resolution
aerial images from the best-of-breed imagery providers.
- 3-D Viewing: See three-dimensional,
photorealistic views of buildings and landscapes.
- Proximity Search: Return a list of points
of interest based on the proximity to a selected location.
Explore flexible ways to search for additional points of
interest along a specified route.
- Geocoding: Get the most
accurate locations around the world through the integration of
multiple geocoders and roof-top geo-codes.
- Driving directions: Provide optimized
driving directions with step-by-step instructions or travel long
distances with worldwide, city-to-city routing.
- Multipoint routing: Optimize travel schedules and improve driver efficiency by implementing the Virtual Earth trip planner and multipoint routing.
Microsoft MapPoint
Customers managing fleets require innovative location-based services, applications and intelligence. The MapPoint Fleet Edition enables development partners to meet a wide range of customer needs and develop innovative solutions for the fleet industry. OnTerra is one of the select Microsoft development partners that have used the MapPoint open standards-based platform to quickly and easily incorporate fleet management into their customers’ business processes.