XMAP

XMAP Cloud GIS is a browser-based geographic information system run by Geoxphere Ltd, a small UK company. It is built mainly for local authorities. Staff can view and edit map layers under permission controls, search a customisable gazetteer, print, annotate, measure, run spatial searches and constraint checks, and generate isochrones. It ships with hundreds of maintained layers, including Ordnance Survey NGD mapping and datasets such as energy performance certificate ratings, so councils do not have to curate base data themselves. Customer data sits in PostgreSQL/PostGIS databases that desktop GIS tools such as QGIS, Esri and Cadcorp can also edit, and the vendor offers migration tools for councils leaving Astun iShare or Cadcorp. Related services include XMAP Hub, a public portal, plus public maps, WMTS/WFS data feeds and API access. Published council users include South Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, Surrey Heath, Mid Sussex and North East Derbyshire. They report hundreds of internal users, and Surrey Heath reported licence savings. Pricing is not published on the vendor site. Public-sector buyers procure it through the UK G-Cloud framework under a separate pricing document. Users are unlimited, and the listing mentions a time-limited free trial, an education discount and volume discounts. Hosting is in the UK and the service holds Cyber Essentials certification, but not ISO 27001 certification or Cyber Essentials Plus. The main limitation is focus. XMAP is a general-purpose council GIS rather than an asset-maintenance or engineering tool. It has no installable field app, some tools are restricted on mobile, and its G-Cloud listing says it offers no API. The vendor runs a team of about ten people with weekday-only phone support.