{"id":3178,"date":"2017-06-15T09:39:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T09:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/w\/?page_id=3178"},"modified":"2023-09-26T17:15:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T17:15:44","slug":"benefits-of-being-online","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/w\/trails\/benefits-of-being-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of being ‘online’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

OTISS is an online<\/strong>, secure<\/strong> website based on a geospatial information systems (GIS<\/strong>) database. The website works with all modern web browsers and is accessible via your internet, broadband and 3G\/4G connection. Data held on OTISS is fully and securely backed up on our servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many advantages to this approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Teamwork within your organisation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Working with volunteers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Working with consultants and contractors<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Let us do the IT!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    1. Teamwork within your organisation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Trail management is always a team effort, typcially involving several organisations and mulitple offices along the trail. The team includes; rangers, wardens, managers, administration, county council staff, Highway Authorities, and usually private owners, trustees, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Web-based systems are recognised as the most effective means of delivering a multi-site, multi-user solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Using OTISS avoids the challenges of persuading multiple IT departments to allow new software to be used \/ installed on corporate computers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • OTISS allows authorised users to have access to your maps, data and photos. You decide what level of access is given to each user.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Use from any PC, MAC, laptop, tablet or phone that has a web browser.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • All users have instant access to the data they are authorised to see – and its always up-to-date!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      2. Working with volunteers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Mobile applications are ideal for working with volunteers. They can use the tablets provided, or use their own Android phone\/tablet to survey allocated sections of the trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Most of your volunteers will have their own Android\/iPhone\/iPad and will be familiar with using mobile applications and the processes of; login, using maps, entering data, syncing, etc. An hour or two of training will enable most volunteers to carry out a survey.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Under your control, volunteers can be given permission to survey specific parts of the trail, and are not permitted to modify any other data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • You don’t need to provide printed maps and records – its all downloaded to the survey app for the volunteers to use.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Your volunteers can carry out inspections, add photos and sync them directly to the OTISS website. You and they don’t waste time on unnecessary data entry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Volunteers take great deal of a pride and satisfaction in supporting their favourite trails and footpaths.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        3. Working with consultants and contractors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        Most organisations work with outside consultants and contractors – either on a project by project basis or as a longer term partnership. Effective co-operation depends on good communication and sharing of data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Web-based solutions are ideal for working with partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Under your control, other OTISS users can be given access to all or part of your estate. You can provide access on a per-site basis: either for view-only, for update or for re-inspections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • You don’t need to provide printed maps and records – its all online for authorised users to see.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Your agents and contractors can directly create\/update inspection, add photos and work records. You (and they) don’t waste time on unnecessary data entry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          4. Our Security<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

          We keep your data secure, so that it can only be seen and used by you and your clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          • OTISS is a cloud based system hosted on our own servers that are located in a professional UK Data Centre. The data centre is physically secure and has backup power, backup servers, etc if they are ever needed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Our servers are regularly updated with all security updates, and they have firewalls, anti-virus, anti-intrusion systems that are kept up to date.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Daily backups are taken of the GIS database and stored offsite. All maps, data files and photos have off-site backup.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Each OTISS account has a separate username\/email and password.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • The HTTPS secure protocol is used for communications and data transfers to\/from your PCs and mobile devices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            5. Let us do the IT!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

            With a cloud based solution, you focus on with the job of managing your trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            • There is no need to install and maintain expensive software on your PCs or servers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • There are no upgrades for you to carry out. A real hassle with some multi-user applications.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • You are not relying on a single PC where all the data is stored.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • There are no licence keys or CDs to keep safe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • There are no data backups to do.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              OTISS is an online, secure website based on a geospatial information systems (GIS) database. The website works with all modern web browsers and is accessible via your internet, broadband and 3G\/4G connection. Data held on OTISS is fully and securely backed up on our servers. There are many advantages to this approach. 1. Teamwork within […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3116,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3178","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1VFWW-Pg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3178"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4818,"href":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3178\/revisions\/4818"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}