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The base application of GaeaSynergy is used as a platform that all of the other modules build upon. The Geographical Information System (GIS) is the starting point for GaeaSynergy, it is used to organize, find, and select projects. The application can also be used with no GIS, in this case a list of projects is displayed instead. If the application is not licensed and the maximum demo count has been reached, the no basemap mode will be the only view possible and no GIS data will be displayed.

 

In GaeaSynergy, basemaps represent the geographic information as a collection of layers. These layers contain different datasets that are overlaid on the basemap. Some examples of layers are satellite images, aerial photos, roads, lakes and streams, political boundaries, building footprints, utility lines, and terrain.