| | 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 |