Easy!web
(digital cartography for professionals) 

The Bologna Municipality maintains a detailed digital cartography archive of its territory (SIT). Using an advanced GIS system, each street, civic number, building, etc. is fully identified and described within the SIT system. From the Easy!web web site, the user is able to prepare what he or she needs in order to present the project for City Council approval, be it for a building renovation project or the raising of a new building: the user can download freely the file of the selected area (in DXF format); from an AutoCAD workstation the user then designs the new building in .DXF format which he will then electronically send to the City Council with the request for the appropriate building license. 5. 6. City Council technicians would then evaluate the project, and by electronic means comments, modifications and other communication, if necessary, can be exchanged between the city technicians and the professional. Once the project is approved and the building license issued, the Bologna City Council is then able to update its own cartography archive using the approved project (always in .DXF format).

This new process requires both identification and authorisation certificates: 

Bologna City Council's objective is to let only authorised professionals freely download the tool, however they must commit not to "re-sell" the information and to use the cartography tool only for the previously agreed use.

Application working: Yes, on test server. ( Previous version not using PERMIS is here)

Digital certificate identification: Supported only with multiCertify client and for basic identification.

Privilege management working: Yes

e-Tendering

This application will enable City of Salford preferred suppliers to access a secure web application and conduct end-to-end procurement online. Users will be able to do among the following: 

The advantages of using this application include: 

It is the intention that the test phase involve close collaboration with a small number of key suppliers, with a subsequent roll-out to others across the region in due course.

Application working: Yes, on test server. Launch for public is planned for April 2003. 

Digital certificate identification: PKI Certificates

Privilege management working: Yes

Car Rental Fines

Online car fine consultation:

Car rental companies will be able to retrieve information about the fines against their company and notify the City Council who was the driver on the day the fine was issued. Therefore the company will not be charged the fine, and instead the fine will be assigned to the driver of the car. This exchange of information will need guarantees of authentication, security, and role confirmation.

These car rental companies will need to obtain a digital certificate from a valid Certification Authority that is able to certify that the company is indeed a car rental company (for example, the Chamber of Commerce). The car rental company will then be able to connect to the City Council's car fine consultation application with the use of an Internet browser and authenticate itself with a digital certificate. The application will verify if the user who is trying to connect has the required attribute to do so. Once the permission is verified the transfer of information will occur in a secure environment.

Application working: Yes, currently online here

Digital certificate identification: Yes. The application is prepared for working with digital certificates as well as with user/password. It is up to the user if he wants to access the application using one method or the other.

Privilege management working: Yes