Client

SVG Map Viewer

GIS(MapInfo,GeoMedia,

ArcGIS)

.csv, .svg, .e00, .mif, .shp

Dynamic Generation of SVG documents

MySQL, PGSQL

Stuttgart University Applied Science

“Show Us”

C, needs root access

Java, root access might be necessary

Data provision unclear

Powerful, costly, partially difficult to install, focus on proprietary data formats

Fascinating, but no product

“is able to automatically overlay map images obtained from multiple dissimilar map servers, regardless of map scale, projection, earth coordinate system or digital format” (OGC 2004)

http://www.easywms.com/suasdemo/WMS/getmapcap.php?VERSION=1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities

http://www.easywms.com/suasdemo/WMS/getmapcap.php?VERSION=1.1.1&BBOX=189775.33,...&LAYERS=airports&STYLES=,&REQUEST=GetMap&style=default&SRS=EPSG:26715&WIDTH=800&HEIGHT=600&FORMAT=image/svg+xml&EXCEPTIONS=application/vnd.ogc.se_xml

http://www.easywms.com/suasdemo/WMS/getmapcap.php?VERSION=1.1.1&BBOX=4.569,.&QUERY_LAYERS=city&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetFeatureInfo&RADIUS=2&SRS=SRS_not_defined&WIDTH=800&HEIGHT=600&X=400&Y=400&INFO_FORMAT=text/xml

Y=pixel_row

htt

p:/

/ww

w.c

arto

.net

/pap

ers/

svg/

tuer

lers

ee/

• combination with other XML technologies like XLink

• True geo-data, used as visualization for GML

• conformant to DOM, analysis & modification using JavaScript

`id` int( 11 ) NOT NULL auto_increment,`aid` int( 11 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,`recid` varchar( 64 ) default '',`layer` varchar( 64 ) NOT NULL default 'LayerNotDefined',`geomtype` varchar( 20 ) NOT NULL default 'Unknown',`srs` varchar( 64 ),`xmin` double default NULL ,`ymin` double default NULL ,`xmax` double default NULL ,`ymax` double default NULL ,`geom` GEOMETRY ,`xlink` varchar( 256 ),`attributes` text NOT NULL,

`fcid` int( 11 ) NOT NULL auto_increment,`aid` int( 11 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,`stid` int( 11 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,`layer` varchar( 64 ),`description` varchar( 256 ),`geomtype` varchar( 32 ) NOT NULL default 'Unknown',`layertype` varchar( 32 ) NOT NULL default 'Unknown',`srs` varchar( 64 ),`xmin` double default NULL ,`ymin` double default NULL ,`xmax` double default NULL ,`ymax` double default NULL ,`queryable` boolean NOT NULL default TRUE,`visiable` boolean NOT NULL default TRUE,`priority` tinyint(3),`elevation` double default 0 ,….

GetMap, GetFeatureInfo GetCapabilities

• JavaScript based GUI

• Use Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) technology - asynchronous progress of data exchanging with servers as background process

• Server selection

• zoom

• Pan

Source: Herbert K Djaba, Ashfaq Ahmad Noman, 2008: SUAS Map Server. CIV Seminar Report, Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences