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Use Cases

MAPS integration with Viasat / Inmarsat / Orbcomm enables:

  • Maritime telemetry
    Ships and boats generate large volumes of sensor data (engine performance, navigation, environmental monitoring, safety systems).
    Sending all this data over satellite is expensive and unnecessary.

    The MAPS Server runs on board the vessel, ingesting raw sensor streams locally.

    • Filtering & Thresholding: MAPS applies rules to forward only values that exceed configured thresholds (e.g., high engine temperature).
    • Machine Learning Models: MAPS can run anomaly detection to highlight unusual patterns (e.g., abnormal vibration or unexpected course deviation).
    • Selective Forwarding: Only data that matters is sent across the satellite link, dramatically reducing bandwidth costs.

    Enterprise MAPS Servers on shore receive these filtered, meaningful events and make them available via MQTT, AMQP, NATS, or REST for integration with fleet management, analytics, or alerting systems.

  • Remote monitoring
    In mining, agriculture, and utilities, sensors often operate in environments without terrestrial connectivity.
    MAPS at the edge collects telemetry locally and normalizes it into a consistent schema, regardless of sensor protocol or format.
    Before uplink, MAPS can:

    • Batch and buffer data during satellite visibility gaps.
    • Deduplicate readings to avoid paying for redundant transmissions.
    • Compress payloads where appropriate to further reduce bandwidth use.

    On the enterprise side, MAPS delivers the normalized dataset to applications via MQTT, AMQP, or NATS, ensuring operators see clean, structured information without needing to handle satellite quirks directly.

  • Emergency comms & tracking
    Asset tracking devices and SOS beacons rely on satellite for critical event reporting.
    MAPS provides resilience under adverse conditions by:

    • Managing retries and acknowledgements across long-latency links.
    • Deduplicating messages so alerts are never missed or repeated unnecessarily.
    • Routing urgent traffic with priority to enterprise applications.

    This ensures alerts are delivered reliably when they matter most — such as safety-of-life or emergency response scenarios.

  • Hybrid deployments
    Many organizations want to combine modem-side integration (for off-grid assets) with REST API integration (for managing fleets centrally).
    MAPS supports both simultaneously, acting as a unified message fabric that spans remote sites, satellites, and enterprise backends.
    This flexibility allows teams to:
    • Start small with isolated edge deployments.
    • Grow to centrally managed fleets with thousands of devices.
    • Maintain a consistent integration model without re-architecting.