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