1. Using MongoDB to
build a GIS SaaS App

2. Overview
What are we building?
● A solution to help gis departments get there
web maps up FAST!
● Built-in ready to go tools.
● Flexibility to handle third party web
mapping services.
myiDV

3. lem ...or op portunity?
The prob
A lot of different 3rd party REST map services
and no easy & fast way to search.

4. The Solution?
???

5. The Solution!
Mungo!!

6. The REAL Solution!

7. What we wanted!
● Fast keyword auto suggestion
● Ability to create databases on the fly
● Indexing of GIS points

8. How we did it!
● Incremental caching
● async requests to web map services
● indexed web map service layers
● setup multiple caching databases for each
layer

9. myiDV

10. ngoDB Cach e database
Mo

11. C ache Code
Only 31 lines of code!

12. Cache Search Code
Only 24 lines of code!

13. Technologies
Json.NET - http://json.codeplex.com/
MongoDB C#/.NET driver
Asp.net MVC

14. Other Mo ngoDB uses
● User profiles
● Geocoded Addresses
● Site settings for Administration Console
● Map settings
● User generated content for every map

15. My Info
Donny Velazquez
donnyv@gmail.com
twitter: @Donny_V
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