A desktop or kiosk mapping application is a GIS solution designed to run on a device using a Windows or OS X operating system. Leveraging the sheer processing muscle of a desktop computer or kiosk makes it possible to build the most powerful, graphics intensive GIS applications. Having a GIS application designed for desktop computing devices is ideal when you need solutions that can process large amounts of data, or that utilize the latest 3D GIS application features.
Planning a GIS application that targets PCs, iMacs, or other desktop computing devices is ideal when your application will need to do a lot of heavy lifting – perhaps processing large amounts of data, or displaying detailed, high-quality 3D graphics. In this case, you may also want to consider building a lighter weight web-based or mobile app available to make some of the functionality on the desktop solution available on the go.
We typically use Electron to build GIS applications for a desktop/laptop computing devices. Electron is a cross-platform framework that makes it easy to leverage the Model-View-View Model (MVVM) design philosophy to build complex applications quickly and with fewer bugs.
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