<s>
GeaBios	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
(	O
non-profit	O
)	O
"	O
Slovene	O
Citizen	O
Oriented	O
Information	O
Service	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
name	O
stands	O
for	O
Geo	O
Enabled	O
And	O
Better	O
Internet	O
Oriented	O
Services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
information	O
are	O
somehow	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
Earth	O
and	O
Space	O
(	O
geocoded	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Internet	B-Application
applications	I-Application
,	O
which	O
are	O
running	O
mostly	O
on	O
client	O
side	O
,	O
enable	O
the	O
viewing	O
of	O
maps	O
,	O
aerial	O
photography	O
and	O
satellite	O
imagery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motto	O
:	O
GeaBios	B-Application
is	O
a	O
process	O
not	O
a	O
fixed	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
JavaScript	B-Language
(	O
DHTML	B-General_Concept
)	O
with	O
additional	O
ActiveX/OpenGL	O
plug-in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
had	O
little	O
uptake	O
,	O
as	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communicator	I-Protocol
,	O
which	O
did	O
not	O
support	O
ActiveX	B-Application
,	O
had	O
a	O
large	O
market	O
share	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
avoid	O
that	O
,	O
developers	O
created	O
2D	O
Java	B-Language
1.1	O
based	O
interface	O
and	O
soon	O
removed	O
ActiveX	B-Application
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
users	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
JRE	O
1.1	O
the	O
applications	O
are	O
still	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
1.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
well	O
known	O
problems	O
of	O
Gecko	O
's	O
Java	B-Language
Live	O
Connect	O
the	O
applications	O
are	O
being	O
gradually	O
transferred	O
to	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
GeaBios	B-Application
offers	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
information	O
and	O
services	O
,	O
adding	O
new	O
ones	O
constantly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Geocoded	B-Application
data	O
are	O
represented	O
by	O
entities	O
,	O
which	O
act	O
as	O
points	O
,	O
lines	O
,	O
polylines	O
or	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
information	O
contained	O
in	O
the	O
information	O
service	O
is	O
geocoded	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maps	O
and	O
geocoded	B-Application
data	O
were	O
obtained	O
legally	O
from	O
the	O
following	O
companies	O
and	O
institutions	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
web	O
page	O
is	O
created	O
as	O
RIA	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
content	O
is	O
loaded	O
in	O
the	O
background	O
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
methods	O
are	O
changing	O
the	B-General_Concept
DOM	I-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
main	O
page	O
,	O
which	O
acts	O
like	O
a	O
layout	O
manager	O
with	O
so	O
called	O
floating	O
windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
applications	O
are	O
built	O
as	O
pure	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
Java	B-Language
applets	O
and	O
flash	B-Operating_System
applets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
2000	O
,	O
2D	O
maps	O
Java	B-Language
based	O
interface	O
,	O
search	O
for	O
Slovenian	O
addresses	O
,	O
restaurants	O
,	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
private	O
company	O
Academa	O
Ltd	O
is	O
funding	O
the	O
GeaBios	B-Application
project	O
entirely	O
from	O
its	O
own	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
