QI Web ITS
The QI Web ITS (QIWITS) is the base of web-based solutions offered by QI. It provides all the necessary components and linkages for delivering highly scalable mapping-based solutions online. By combining real-time traffic data, dynamic routing, maps and personalization, QIWITS allows the creation of compelling and engaging solutions that can inter-operate with third-part web services, existing API, internal databases, social networking sites, and disparate vector and raster map sources.
QIWITS includes compatibility with the following API:
- Singapore OneMap API
- Google Maps API
- Google StreetView API (where available)
- Open Layers
- ...and more!
QIWITS integrates with various types of real-time and static spatial data to provide highly relevant, timely and reliable information. For Singapore, this includes road pricing (ERP), traffic incidents, traffic flow information, personal favorites, Google Streetview, OneMap and more. QIWITS also includes the ability to search data from both internal spatial databases and using search API from third party vendors.
Use of QIWITS
QIWITS can be used as the web front-end to a traffic information platform (such as TRIP) or a traffic intelligence middleware (such as TraffIQ) to provide services to consumer or enterprise clients. It can be used as the basis for an interactive mapping website, a fleet management solution, or any maps-based service.
Multiple Maps Support
QIWITS includes the ability to either work with maps stored in its internal database (where the client has the license for the maps) or to use third party mapping services, such as Google Maps, OneMap, Bing Maps, etc. Use of third party map APIs allows the client to minimize the cost of deploying and managing the service (due to reduced map licensing costs and/ or bandwidth costs) if the client’s applications meet the terms of use of such services. Alternatively, QIWITS allows the creation and use of the client’s own maps, rendered in a style to the client’s choice, to differentiate the client’s offerings from the many services built atop platforms such as Google Maps.
Multiple API Support
QIWITS allows the use of different API from different vendors within the same system. For example, Qi.com.sg uses the OneMap API, Google StreetView and traffic information, all from different sources within the same unified solution.
Traffic Integration
Traffic data integration within QIWITS ranges from display of traffic incidents as a list or on the map to the more complex overlay of speeds information on top of the map. For maximum compatibility, QIWITS (with a little help from TraffIQ) supports traffic data referencing based on TMC Location Table, Link IDs or Node-Link IDs, etc.
Clients
QIWITS is a building block as part of solutions offered to:
- SingTel Mobile – TrafficLIVE service
- QI’s Mobility Intelligence Solution – qi.com.sg