Table of Contents

Web Mapping Illustrated
By Tyler Mitchell
...............................................
Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: June 2005
ISBN: 0-596-00865-1
Pages: 368

Table of Contents  | Index  | Errata

---

		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
			Section 1.1.  The Power of Digital Maps
			Section 1.2.  The Difficulties of Making Maps
			Section 1.3.  Different Kinds of Web Mapping
		Chapter 2.  Digital Mapping Tasks and Tools
			Section 2.1.  Common Mapping Tasks
			Section 2.2.  Common Pitfalls, Deadends, and Irritations
			Section 2.3.  Identifying the Types of Tasks for a Project
		Chapter 3.  Converting and Viewing Maps
			Section 3.1.  Raster and Vector
			Section 3.2.  OpenEV
			Section 3.3.  MapServer
			Section 3.4.  Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL)
			Section 3.5.  OGR Simple Features Library
			Section 3.6.  PostGIS
			Section 3.7.  Summary of Applications
		Chapter 4.  Installing MapServer
			Section 4.1.  How MapServer Applications Operate
			Section 4.2.  Walkthrough of the Main Components
			Section 4.3.  Installing MapServer
			Section 4.4.  Getting Help
		Chapter 5.  Acquiring Map Data
			Section 5.1.  Appraising Your Data Needs
			Section 5.2.  Acquiring the Data You Need
		Chapter 6.  Analyzing Map Data
			Section 6.1.  Downloading the Demonstration Data
			Section 6.2.  Installing Data Management Tools: GDAL and FWTools
			Section 6.3.  Examining Data Content
			Section 6.4.  Summarizing Information Using Other Tools
		Chapter 7.  Converting Map Data
			Section 7.1.  Converting Map Data
			Section 7.2.  Converting Vector Data
			Section 7.3.  Converting Raster Data to Other Formats
		Chapter 8.  Visualizing Mapping Data in a Desktop Program
			Section 8.1.  Visualization and Mapping Programs
			Section 8.2.  Using OpenEV
			Section 8.3.  OpenEV Basics
		Chapter 9.  Create and Edit Personal Map Data
			Section 9.1.  Planning Your Map
			Section 9.2.  Preprocessing Data Examples
		Chapter 10.  Creating Static Maps
			Section 10.1.  MapServer Utilities
			Section 10.2.  Sample Uses of the Command-Line Utilities
			Section 10.3.  Setting Output Image Formats
		Chapter 11.  Publishing Interactive Maps on the Web
			Section 11.1.  Preparing and Testing MapServer
			Section 11.2.  Create a Custom Application for a Particular Area
			Section 11.3.  Continuing Education
		Chapter 12.  Accessing Maps Through Web Services
			Section 12.1.  Web Services for Mapping
			Section 12.2.  What Do Web Services for Mapping Do?
			Section 12.3.  Using MapServer with Web Services
			Section 12.4.  Reference Map Files
		Chapter 13.  Managing a Spatial Database
			Section 13.1.  Introducing PostGIS
			Section 13.2.  What Is a Spatial Database?
			Section 13.3.  Downloading PostGIS Install Packages and Binaries
			Section 13.4.  Compiling from Source Code
			Section 13.5.  Steps for Setting Up PostGIS
			Section 13.6.  Creating a Spatial Database
			Section 13.7.  Load Data into the Database
			Section 13.8.  Spatial Data Queries
			Section 13.9.  Accessing Spatial Data from PostGIS in Other Applications
		Chapter 14.  Custom Programming with MapServer's MapScript
			Section 14.1.  Introducing MapScript
			Section 14.2.  Getting MapScript
			Section 14.3.  MapScript Objects
			Section 14.4.  MapScript Examples
			Section 14.5.  Other Resources
			Section 14.6.  Parallel MapScript Translations
		Appendix A.  A Brief Introduction to Map Projections
			Section A.1.  The Third Spheroid from the Sun
			Section A.2.  Using Map Projections with MapServer
			Section A.3.  Map Projection Examples
			Section A.4.  Using Projections with Other Applications
			Section A.5.  References
		Appendix B.  MapServer Reference Guide for Vector Data Access
			Section B.1.  Vector Data
			Section B.2.  Data Format Guide
			ESRI Shapefiles (SHP)
			PostGIS/PostgreSQL Database
			MapInfo Files (TAB/MID/MIF)
			Oracle Spatial Database
			Web Feature Service (WFS)
			Geography Markup Language Files (GML)
			VirtualSpatialData (ODBC/OVF)
			TIGER/Line Files
			ESRI ArcInfo Coverage Files
			ESRI ArcSDE Database (SDE)
			Microstation Design Files (DGN)
			IHO S-57 Files
			Spatial Data Transfer Standard Files (SDTS)
			Inline MapServer Features
			National Transfer Format Files (NTF)
		Colophon
			About the Author
			Colophon
		Index