Technology
What sits underneath the platform
SIGES is a line-of-business web application built on a spatial database, designed for projects whose data originates in the field.
Technology
Three technical choices that change the daily work
These are not bolt-on options — they sit at the core of the platform.
A native GIS, not a basemap
The database itself is spatial: almost every record — project footprint, plot, sensitive area, affected person, incident — carries its geometry. Layers are published and served via a tile cache, and password-protected external map sources are relayed server-side so credentials never reach the browser.
- Hierarchical administrative divisions
- Layer publication and symbol editing
- Export to standard GIS formats
- Authenticated external map sources
Field collection that works without a network
SIGES does more than import mobile data: the platform generates and publishes the forms for each process itself, enrols field agents by QR code, then retrieves submissions as soon as connectivity returns. Photos are compressed on sync, and outlying values pass through review before being accepted.
- Forms generated for grievances, controls, census, work acceptance
- Field agents enrolled by QR code
- Fully operational offline
- Outlier review before data is accepted
Satellite monitoring inside the project file
Imagery and alerts do not live in a separate tool: they are computed over your project footprints and consulted in the same place as the rest of the file, which lets you test an alert against a declared activity.
- Dated satellite imagery
- Forest cover loss alerts
- Active fire alerts
- Baseline land cover
Security and traceability
Fine-grained permissions
Rights granted per project and per organisation, down to the individual action.
Activity log
Timestamped history of changes to sensitive records.
Application firewall
Allow and ban lists, URL blocking, proxy and IP geolocation checks.
Access-controlled files
Attachments are stored outside the public directory and served only after a rights check.
Anonymous submission
The grievance mechanism accepts fully anonymous reports.
Automated backups
Scheduled database and file backups, restorable per installation.
Data sovereignty
A dedicated installation, a dedicated database
Unlike shared-tenancy platforms, every SIGES client runs its own installation with its own database. No data is shared between organisations, your data stays exportable at any time, and modules are licensed individually.
Complete isolation
No shared column, no shared schema: one database per client, full stop.
Your data stays accessible
Open exports at any time, in standard formats: nothing locks you into the platform.
Modular licensing
Enable the modules your project portfolio actually needs, and nothing else.
See SIGES against your own projects
We prepare a demonstration built around your portfolio, your donors and the modules that matter to you.