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Web Mapping Illustrated: Using Open Source GIS Toolkits

ISBN: 0596008651
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2005
Pages: 138

Authors: Tyler Mitchell

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• Web Mapping Illustrated
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Foreword
• Preface
• Youthful Exploration
• The Tools in This Book
• What This Book Covers
• Organization of This Book
• Conventions Used in This Book
• Safari Enabled
• Comments and Questions
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Introduction to Digital Mapping
• 1.1. The Power of Digital Maps
• 1.2. The Difficulties of Making Maps
• 1.3. Different Kinds of Web Mapping
• Chapter 2. Digital Mapping Tasks and Tools
• 2.1. Common Mapping Tasks
• 2.2. Common Pitfalls, Deadends, and Irritations
• 2.3. Identifying the Types of Tasks for a Project
• Chapter 3. Converting and Viewing Maps
• 3.1. Raster and Vector
• 3.2. OpenEV
• 3.3. MapServer
• 3.4. Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL)
• 3.5. OGR Simple Features Library
• 3.6. PostGIS
• 3.7. Summary of Applications
• Chapter 4. Installing MapServer
• 4.1. How MapServer Applications Operate
• 4.2. Walkthrough of the Main Components
• 4.3. Installing MapServer
• 4.4. Getting Help
• Chapter 5. Acquiring Map Data
• 5.1. Appraising Your Data Needs
• 5.2. Acquiring the Data You Need
• Chapter 6. Analyzing Map Data
• 6.1. Downloading the Demonstration Data
• 6.2. Installing Data Management Tools: GDAL and FWTools
• 6.3. Examining Data Content
• 6.4. Summarizing Information Using Other Tools
• Chapter 7. Converting Map Data
• 7.1. Converting Map Data
• 7.2. Converting Vector Data
• 7.3. Converting Raster Data to Other Formats
• Chapter 8. Visualizing Mapping Data in a Desktop Program
• 8.1. Visualization and Mapping Programs
• 8.2. Using OpenEV
• 8.3. OpenEV Basics
• Chapter 9. Create and Edit Personal Map Data
• 9.1. Planning Your Map
• 9.2. Preprocessing Data Examples
• Chapter 10. Creating Static Maps
• 10.1. MapServer Utilities
• 10.2. Sample Uses of the Command-Line Utilities
• 10.3. Setting Output Image Formats
• Chapter 11. Publishing Interactive Maps on the Web
• 11.1. Preparing and Testing MapServer
• 11.2. Create a Custom Application for a Particular Area
• 11.3. Continuing Education
• Chapter 12. Accessing Maps Through Web Services
• 12.1. Web Services for Mapping
• 12.2. What Do Web Services for Mapping Do?
• 12.3. Using MapServer with Web Services
• 12.4. Reference Map Files
• Chapter 13. Managing a Spatial Database
• 13.1. Introducing PostGIS
• 13.2. What Is a Spatial Database?
• 13.3. Downloading PostGIS Install Packages and Binaries
• 13.4. Compiling from Source Code
• 13.5. Steps for Setting Up PostGIS
• 13.6. Creating a Spatial Database
• 13.7. Load Data into the Database
• 13.8. Spatial Data Queries
• 13.9. Accessing Spatial Data from PostGIS in Other Applications
• Chapter 14. Custom Programming with MapServer s MapScript
• 14.1. Introducing MapScript
• 14.2. Getting MapScript
• 14.3. MapScript Objects
• 14.4. MapScript Examples
• 14.5. Other Resources
• 14.6. Parallel MapScript Translations
• Appendix A. A Brief Introduction to Map Projections
• A.1. The Third Spheroid from the Sun
• A.2. Using Map Projections with MapServer
• A.3. Map Projection Examples
• A.4. Using Projections with Other Applications
• A.5. References
• Appendix B. MapServer Reference Guide for Vector Data Access
• B.1. Vector Data
• B.2. Data Format Guide
• File listing
• PostGIS support
• File listing
• Map file example using OGR support
• Capabilities
• File listing
• Types of databases
• File listing
• File listing
• SDE support
• File listing
• File listing
• File listing
• Data accessconnection method
• File listing
• Colophon
• About the Author
• Colophon
• Index
• index_SYMBOL
• index_A
• index_B
• index_C
• index_D
• index_E
• index_F
• index_G
• index_H
• index_I
• index_J
• index_K
• index_L
• index_M
• index_N
• index_O
• index_P
• index_Q
• index_R
• index_S
• index_T
• index_U
• index_V
• index_W
• index_X
• index_Z