Online GIS and spatial metadata. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Terry Bossomaier, Brian A. Hope.
• Authors: Bossomaier, Terry R. J (Terry Richard John); Hope, Brian A
• Contents: Introduction; Geographic Information Systems; GIS and Object-Oriented Technology; A Brief Primer on the Nature of GIS; The Rise of the Internet; Overview of the Book; ; GIS and the Internet; The Advantages of Online GIS; Considerations when Deploying over the Internet; The Evolution of Online GIS; Interactive Online GIS; The Rise of Online Data Warehouses; Differences Between Stand-Alone and Online GIS; Options for Implementing Online GIS; Summary and Outlook; ; Server-Side GIS Operations; Web Servers; Server Software; Server Processing; Forms and Image Fields; Processing Scripts and Tools; Online Map Building; Implementing Geographic Queries; Summary and Outlook; ; Client-Side GIS Operations; Introduction; Image Maps; Use of JavaScript in Client-Side Operations; AJAX: Dynamic Web Page Updating; Cookies; Interactive Graphics; Application Programming Interfaces; Examples; Summary and Outlook; ; Introduction to Markup; Markup Languages; XML: Structural Ideas; HTML 5; XML Namespaces; XML Schema; XQuery: The XML Query Language; XQuery Grammar; FLWOR: XQuery Expressions; The Future of XML; Summary and Outlook; ; XML and Online GIS; XML Implementations; GPX Schema; KML (Keyhole Markup Language); GML: Geographic Markup Language; LandXML; Summary and Outlook; Appendix: Picnic Schema; Appendix: Application Schema for the River Scene; ; Information Networks; Introduction; What Is an Information Network?; What Can Information Networks Do?; The Organisation of Information Networks; Issues Associated with Information Networks; Information Networks in Practice; Summary and Outlook; ; Metadata on the Web; Introduction; Dublin Core; JSON Protocol for Data Interchange; PICS and POWDER; Resource Description Framework (RDF); Querying RDF: SPARQL; XML Signatures; Summary and Outlook; ; SDI Metadata Portals and Online GIS; Introduction; Geospatial Metadata Standards; Metadata Standards: The Gory Details; Prominent Metadata Standards; Spatial Data Infrastructure and Metadata Portals; Examples of Online SDI Metadata Portals; Metadata Standards and the Future of SDI and Online GIS; Summary and Outlook; Appendix: Simplified Schemas; ; Data Warehouses; What Is a Data Warehouse?; Geographic Data Warehouses; Data Warehouse Architectures; Database Processing Models; Considerations when Building Data Warehouses; Data Warehouse Organisation and Operation; Data Warehouse Examples; Common Publication Standards for Online GIS Warehouses; Intelligent Systems; Data Mining; The Future of Geographic Data Warehouses; Summary and Outlook; ; GIS Anytime, Anywhere; Mobile GIS; Mobile GIS and Business; Regulations Governing Mobile Implementations; Technology and Implementation of Mobile Apps; Mobile Security; Future Proofing Mobile Development; Summary and Outlook; ; Location-Based Services; What Are Location-Based Services?; How Do LBS Work?; What Are Application Domains for LBS?; What Is the Future of LBS?; Summary and Outlook; ; Future Directions of Online GIS; Realisation of a Global GIS; Future Benefits of Online GIS Systems; Online GIS Organisational Trends; Online GIS Technology Trends; Virtual Worlds; Envoi (Online GIS); Summary and Outlook; ; Glossary; ; Bibliography;
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 910.2854678; Geographic information systems; World Wide Web; Metadata
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482220162
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