| | ETH CAS RIS Module From GIS Data to Interactive Web Maps

Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation

Ionuț Iosifescu

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Overview of Different Techniques

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| | ETH CAS RIS Module From GIS Data to Interactive Web Maps

Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation

§  General workflow in Web Cartography §  Carefully define the purpose, message, audience §  Design and specify the map content and its corresponding visualization §  Design and specify the user interface and functionality §  Collect data & Process data §  Structure and manage data depending on the project’s complexity §  Publish and Present data (including adaptation of the technologies to the

map’s needs and implementation of interactive functions)

§  You can use different techniques and methods to obtain similar results

§  You must adapt the techniques and methods to the particularities of your web mapping project

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Key Messages

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Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation

§  Leaflet §  OpenLayers (2 & 3) §  ModestMaps §  PolyMaps §  ESRI ArcGIS API for Javascript §  Google Maps / Bing Maps §  MapQuest

§  Mapstraction

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Web Mapping Frameworks/Libraries

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Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation

§  QGIS Server §  GeoServer §  MapServer §  Mapnik §  MapGuide §  TileCache §  TileStache §  ESRI ArcGIS Server §  GeoMEdia Map Publisher

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Map Servers

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§  PostgreSQL + PostGIS §  MySQL §  Oracle + Oracle Spatial §  IBM DB2 + IBM Spatial Extender §  SQLite + SpatiaLite

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Databases

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§  QGIS (can include GRASS, free and open source) §  ESRI ArcGIS §  … and many others

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GIS

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Questions

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