Category Archives: iKatastr

Mapy CUZK mobile app available

pikto_100“Mapy CUZK” has been just released on both Android and iOS platforms by “CUZK”( “Czech Office For Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre”). The app enables to see various map compositions from OGC services, perform query and search in the map. it is based the  same engine that powers iKatastr2, enables flexible extensions and uses modern myVR rendering engine.

Apple App Store : https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mapy-cuzk/id634374870?mt=8

Google Play :  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intergraph.cadaster

iKatastr 25 months statistics

Following graphs shows  more than 2 years overview of project iKatastr on various platforms – web site, iOS, Android. Project iKatastr does simple stuff – shows cadastral map and enables user to tap on map and get information from the parcel registry (e.g. owner) in Czech Republic. Except Android version, all started at the same time 2 years ago for web, iPhone and iPad. All of the users of iKatastr are solely Czech consumers and thus reflect situation in the Czech app stores and web.

iKatastr-25months-stat

first graph shows how monthly sessions have evolved. Original thought that mobile launch of app iKatastr would boost web site visit failed. However after 15 months of runing iKatastr.cz web site and rephrasing some keywords for SEO it started dramatically to gain visits.  Decline of iOS version in last 4 months is caused most likely by new project iKatastr2 that replaces the original one on iOS. iKatastr2 statistics is not yet revealed here.

iKatastr-25months-stat2

second graph shows distribution of sessions among all platforms of iKatastr. 75% of all iKatastr sessions comes from mobile devices, while only 25% comes from web.

iKatastr2 on 6th place in Křišťálová lupa 2012

I am excited   that  project I have been working on at Intergraph called ” iKatastr2″  has placed on  6th position in category “Mobile service” in national competition called “Kříšťálová lupa 2012” (Czech Internet Prize)
 
  • First 3 places has been occupied by popular news applications or national TV app ( hundreds of thousands users).
  • 4th place positioned  AVG antivirus application for Android. (tens of millions users)
  • 5th place took Czech public  transit application. (hundreds of thousands users)
 
iKatastr2 was the only map/geospatial-related application  nominated
few reasons for success are :
  •  good content provided through  OGC standards  by national mapping agency (CUZK)
  •  great user experience  for getting job done
  •  application quality and stability
  •  focus on local (national)  services rather than global

Awarding ceremony was great fun  ! it was in the spirit of end of the world in 2012 so stage was styled as cemetery and winners received among other gravestones . Each winner had a chance to say something and then they passed into the black tunnel to ‘the other side’ as the end of the world is planned in 3 weeks.

ikatastr2 on AppStore

I have just release iKatastr2 app on AppStore (free) that  might be useful for you to look at as it uses WMS sources and  custom tile loading on top of google.

App does simple stuff – shows cadastral information by tapping on cadastral  map of the Czech Republic.

As all is driven by JSON configuration it is quite easy to render similar information from other sources.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ikatastr2/id545292674?ls=1&mt=8

 

enjoy !

 

ikatastr.cz vs katastr2.cz

quite interesting graph of racing between katastr2 and iKatastr. iKatastr.cz started 10 months later, with big gap in visits against katastr2.cz. Let’s look on the first graph that compares apples to apples – 2 web sites performing the same service – information from cadastral system by taping into the map:

 

it took 17 months to overcome established and quite popular web site, quite long time even though iKatastr.cz offered from the beginning more functionality  (more maps, less clicks, simple UI) and faster performance.

Lesson learned: even you start later and you are outsider, you can eventually catch up and become a leader !..but for that you have to use other forms of achieving this and in case of iKatastr this was idea to bring iKtastr not only on web but mainly on mobile devices. We have launched iKatastr on iOS , Android and WP7 and now let’s look on graph that shows overall visit from all iKatastr apps against katastr2, quite impressive.

now from this perspective, katastr2 seems flat

One last note, I was hoping that mobile iKatastr would help to increase visits to iKatastr.cz, but this has never happened, rather SEO optimization is only what makes difference to  increase search results that consequently increases visits.

 

 

 

 

Statistics of Web vs. Mobile usage

iKatastr apps including Web, iOS (iPhone, iPad) and Android has reached all together 1 million sessions over the period of 19 months. This was exactly on April 28th.

Here are 2  graphs, note, that Android version has started  7 months later thus reflects only period of 12 months

 

 

iKatastr rocks !

This is somehow very encouraging

#1 iKatastr is still on top in the category Navigation in Czech app store after 4 months ! on iPhone it keeps 2nd place right after Mapy CZ provided by largest internet search in CZ Seznam.  On iPad, however, iKatastr is still 1st in category Navigation.

#2 Users of iKatastr has reported quite lot positive feedbacks, see here : http://appcomments.com/app/id396352287/iKatastr_reviews?country=143489&show=show_all_comments&sort=sort_recent&sortorder=sort_ascend&page=1

#3 IKatastr has been mentioned in Czech magazine “Mobility” 1/2011, on page 85.

Quoted from the magazine press:

“There are just few  high quality applications in the Czech App Store. Even fewer of them are for free.
 iKatastr developed at Mendel University in Brno belongs to this narrow group with functionality that is also unique in the international comparison. “