Web Mapping Illustrated: Using Open Source GIS Toolkits
Web Mapping Illustrated: Using Open Source GIS Toolkits
ISBN: 0596008651
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 138
Pages: 138
Authors: Tyler Mitchell
- 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
Web Mapping Illustrated: Using Open Source GIS Toolkits
ISBN: 0596008651
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 138
Pages: 138
Authors: Tyler Mitchell