Online GIS and Spatial Metadata

by Terry Bossomaier, Brian A. Hope

Overview

Implement Your Own Applications Using Online GISAn in-depth study detailing the online applications of geographic information systems (GIS), Online GIS and Spatial Metadata, Second Edition outlines how GIS data are published, organized, accessed, searched, maintained, purchased, and processed over the web. This latest work describes how the interne

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040072967
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	12/02/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	438
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Terry Bossomaier is Strategic Professor of Computing and Information Technology at Charles Sturt University.

Table of Contents

Introduction. GIS and the Internet. Server-Side GIS Operations. Client-Side GIS Operations. Introduction to Markup. XML and Online GIS. Information Networks. Metadata on the Web. SDI Metadata Portals and Online GIS. Data Warehouses. GIS Anytime, Anywhere. Location-Based Services. Future Directions of Online GIS. Glossary. Bibliography.

Editorial Reviews

A conference they organized in 2000 convinced Green (environmental and information sciences, Charles Sturt U., Bathurst, Australia) and Bossomaier (information technology, same campus) that the time was ripe for putting Geographic Information Systems (GIS) online. After a brief GIS primer, they examine issues and examples of server- and client-side GIS operations; markup languages, including Geographic Markup Language; information networks; metadata paradigms (e.g., Dublin Core); metadata standards (of Australia, the US, and Europe); and data warehouses. Visions of a global GIS and virtual maps conclude the text. The glossary is referenced to the text. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

"Metadata is the Pandora's box of opportunities for business, organisations, citizens and customers. It may be argued that privacy is now dead, and the age of personal interconnectedness has begun. But what to make of this new revolution and phase transition for society? This book provides the reader with detailed insights into not only how metadata works, but why and how it will affect us all. I am sure by reading this book you will become an informed consumer and citizen of the 21st century. If you are in business, government and media this is a must read for you."
—Professor Steve d'Alessandro, Charles Stuart University, Australia

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