Web GIS: Principles and Applications

by Pinde Fu, Jiulin Sun

Overview

The Web has revealed the immense value and broad applicability of GIS, set the bar for today’s user expectations, and introduced flexible architectures for use with modern IT infrastructure. From basic architecture to new frontiers, Web GIS: Principles and Applications presents a thorough overview of the origins and developments in this emerging platform. New Web technologies addressed include: ArcGIS Server, REST services, JavaScript API/Flex API, and ArcGIS Mobile. This book offers a balance of principles, concepts, and techniques to provide you with an understanding of how Web GIS can revolutionize the way your GIS functions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589482456
Publisher:	Esri Press
Publication date:	10/15/2010
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Pinde Fu is a senior GIS application developer and project lead at ESRI. He earned his PhD in GIS from the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Fu is a member of the Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Systems and in 2008 was named honorary director of the ArcGIS Education and Application Research Center at Henan Universityin China.
 
Jiulin Sun is Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He has authored and coauthored four books on GIS. In addition, Sun is chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the State Key Lab of Resources and Environmental Information Systems in China, as well as the Scientific Database and Information Engineering Science Committee of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.  
 

Table of Contents

Chapter 1        GIS of the Internet era
Chapter 2        Technical basics
Chapter 3        Geospatial Web service basics
Chapter 4        Geospatial mashup
Chapter 5        Mobile GIS
Chapter 6        Geoportals
Chapter 7        Web service applications
Chapter 8        Web GIS applications in e-business
Chapter 9        Web GIS applications in e-government
Chapter 10      Web GIS trends and frontiers