ETC-LUSI new LEAC query tool interface:

A GeoBI Web Application with GeoMondrian

César Martínez Izquierdo, cesar.martinez@uab.es, Walter Simonazzi, walter.simonazzi@uab.es - ETC-LUSI, Barcelona, Spain
Frédéric Jacon, frederic.jacon@camptocamp.com - Camptocamp, Chambéry, France

Exploring Land Use Data for Europe Web based, Geospatial

- Harmonised data for all Europe Bussiness Intelligence Solution
- Including data on land use and evolution on land use - OLAP cubes to store the data
- Filtering by administrative units (NUTS), sea basins, - Web based application to query the cube
biogeographical regions, etc. and display the results

Sample questions to answer Can this questions be solved

How many hectares of land were urbanized in low coast with traditional GIS tools? YES, BUT...
areas from 2000 to 2006 in the Mediterranean area of
Europe?

How many hectares of farming land were abandoned in

favour of forests from 1990 to 2000?

User Interface Samples:

GeoBI Client examples (work in progress)
Query Builder, Map, chart, Table
- Combines map, table and chart visualization
+ - Style editor to control map symbolization
Main goals:
- Easy to use
- Visual data exploring
- Generic GeoBI tool

Charts

Main goals
- Easy to use interface
- Interactive data exploration
(drill down, drill up, brushing...)
- Generic GeoBI tool: non
dependent on cube structure

Main components: GeoMondrian

SOLAP Server
GeoBI Server : Client / Server interaction :
Java Web Application based on GeoTools, GeoBI RESULT
JSON is exchange format between client and server.
JFreeCharts and OLAP4J libraries. Enhanced Server MDX
Other formats (XML) could also be implemented.
performance with caching and session Olap
RESULT

CHART

management. GeoTools
API example - GetCubeProperties :
RESULT
Provider RENDERER

MAP
RENDERER

GeoBi Client : MDX

Query
Style
Image GET http://path.to/webapp/getcubeproperties?parameters :
Query Builder : intuitive interface for building API
WMS

* datasource = the datasource (for example

PROTOCOL

MDX request Available

"Provider=Mondrian;DataSource=MondrianUab;")
OLAP MDX Style WMS

Map : geo analysis with map style editor for dimensions Query Protocol Image

choropleths and overlay symbols. QUERY

STYLE
EDITOR MAP: Chart
* requestType = levels
BUILDER

Table : data set exploration

OpenLayers Viewer
* cubeName = [name of the cube]
Charts : Graphic analysis Table * format = the expected output format
Reporting : PDF extraction (for instance, could be "json" or "xml")
GeoBI Client: web browser

European Topic Centre

ETC LUSI Land Use and Spatial Information