Legato - the configurable, lightweight web mapping client

Legato is a registered trademark of disy Informationssysteme GmbH: 
disy Informationssysteme GmbH Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 6 76131 Karlsruhe Germany 
Phone: +49 (0)721 16006-000 Mail: sales@disy.net 
Web: https://www.legato.net/ 
== About Legato ==
disy has initiated the web mapping client Legato which is constantly further developed as it is an important software component of our products. The development was based on the demand for an advanced and more flexible client as an alternative to the web mapping client used for our products disy GISterm and disy Cadenza. Market research showed that OpenLayers would be a good basis for the planned software development. However, it could not meet all requirements. 
The new client should have a powerful component model on the development side so that it can be easily integrated into the web application of the products disy GISterm and disy Cadenza. The new client should also be easily adjustable and extensible. Since 2009, we have therefore implemented structured extensions based on OpenLayers. It became quickly obvious that an elegant integration into our products is based on both a modular structure and flexible configurability. Therefore, we have extended the new client in such a way that it can be easily configured, in particular via XML. 
In combination with other components, our new development provides significant added value compared to the basic functionality of OpenLayers. That is why we decided to give it its own name, i.e. Legato. In particular its easy configurability has impressed our customers so that they have already used Legato for their own scenarios. We are convinced that our development adds considerable value to the web mapping product world and therefore, we have turned Legato into an open source project. 
 
== Product description ==
Legato is a configurable, lightweight web mapping client that can be easily embedded into web pages and portals, CMS and individual web applications. Legato is implemented in JavaScript and based on the popular open source library OpenLayers. Legato allows non-developers and Web designers to easily create map viewers, since map content and client functionality are configured and do not need to be programmed. Therefore, it is easy to create and re-use map contents and client components. Moreover, Legato includes the first generic WPS client. 
Legato is a free and open source software. 
 
What are the key features of Legato? 
Legato is configurable and can therefore be used by Web designers * Legato can be easily embedded into Web pages, portals and CMS * Legato adds richer components to OpenLayers * Legato supports all common Web mapping data sources * Legato includes the first generic WPS client 
 
== Demos, Tutorials and Support ==
On the legato webpage: https://www.legato.net you can find live demos from a very simple "Simple Demo" to a rich "Advanced Demo" - you can configure Legato as you need it. You can also find the live demos for the tutorials, explaining different functions of Legato. 
Legato can be used and modified free of charge. It can be distributed under the open source license GNU General Public License Version 3.0. If you need a commercial license of Legato for your project, please contact disy Informationssysteme GmbH. 
If you have questions or need some assistance with Legato, please refer to the Legato mailing list on SourceForge: 
*Visit this page to subscribe. * Mail to legato-users@lists.sourceforge.net to post a message. * Check the mailing list archive.
 
== Download ==
Legato is available in three distribution packages: 
1. Legato Full DistributionFull development package including third-party libraries, demos, documentation and a ready-to-run web server. 
2. Legato Core DistributionLegato Core scripts, styles and images. 
3. Legato WPS DistributionLegato WPS scripts, styles and images. 
 
Legato source code, files and distributions are hosted on SourceForge. Please use the following link to visit the Legato project on SourceForge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/legato/