Advances in Web-Based GIS , Mapping Services and Applications

Advances in Web-based GIS, Mapping Services and Applications is published as part of ISPRS WG IV/5 effort, and aims at presenting (1) Recent technological advancements, e.g., new developments under Web 2.0, map mashups, neogeography and the like; (2) Balanced theoretical discussions and technical implementations; (3) Commentary on the current stages of development; and (4) Prediction of developments over the next decade. Containing 21 contributions from 60 researchers active within ISPRS communities, most of them from academia and some from governments, the book covers a wide range of topics related to the state-of-the-art in web mapping/GIS and geographic information services. The volume is organized in five sections:
1. Analytical and Geospatial Services;
2. Performance;
3. Augmentation and LBS;
4. Collaboration and Decision Making, and 5. Open Standards for Geospatial Services.

Supported by a considerable number of technical details and examples, an overall view of the current achievements and progress made in the field of web-based GIS and mapping services is given. The chapters reflect timely and future developments addressing: constant updating of related web and geospatial technologies as well as the revolution of web mapping caused by mainstream IT vendors such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft; increased interest from industry on geo-spatial information technologies; and increasing demand from the general public for prompt and effective spatial information services. Advances in Web-based GIS, Mapping Services and Applications will appeal to academia and researchers, application specialists and developers, practitioners, and undergraduate and graduate students interested in distributed and web-based geoinformation systems and applications, geodatabases, and digital mapping.

Songnian Li is Associate Professor in Geomatics Engineering at the Ryerson University, Canada. He is the Chair of the ISPRS Working Group IV/5 on "Distributed, Web-based Geoinformation Services and Applications". His current research interests include web mapping and geospatial services, collaborative GIS systems and decision support, geospatial data acquisition, and spatiotemporal analysis applications.

Suzana Dragicevic is Professor at Geography Department at Simon Fraser University, Canada. She is the Secretary of the ISPRS Working Group IV/5 on "Distributed, Web-based Geoinformation Services and Applications". Her primary research interests include geographic information systems (GIS) and science, spatial data analysis and modelling, complex systems, fuzzy sets and systems, temporal GIS, web-based and collaborative GIS.

Bert Veenendaal is Professor in Geographic Information Science and Head of Department of Spatial Sciences at Curtin University of Technology, Australia. He is a co-chair of the ISPRS Working Group IV/5 on "Distributed, Web-based Geoinformation Services and Applications". His current research interests include geographic information science, geospatial analysis and data handling, geospatial web mapping and services, collaborative GIS and virtual/interactive e-learning.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction
Advances, challenges and future directions in web-based GIS, mapping services and applications, Songnian Li, Bert Veenendaal & Suzana Dragićević
Analytical and geospatial services
Geography 2.0—A mash-up perspective, T. Edwin Chow
GeoClustering: A web service for geospatial clustering, Jing Wang, Xin Wang & Steve H.L. Liang
Creating GIS simulation models on a TeraGrid-enabled geospatial web portal: A demonstration of geospatial cyberinfrastructure, Ming Hsiang Tsou & Ick-Hoi Kim
An OGC Web Processing Service for automated interpolation, Jan Dürrfeld, Jochen Bisier & Edzer Pebesma
GeoGlobe: A Virtual Globe for multi-source geospatial information integration and service, Jianya Gong, Longgang Xiang, Jin Chen, Peng Yue & Yi Liu
Building web services for public sector information and the geospatial web, David Pullar, David Torpie & Tim Barker
Performance
WebGIS performance issues and solutions, Chaowei Yang, Huayi Wu, Qunying Huang, Zhenlong Li, Jing Li, Wenwen Li, Lizhi Miao & Min Sun
Data reduction techniques for web and mobile GIS, Michela Bertolotto & Gavin McArdle
A load balancing method to support spatial analysis in XML/GML/SVG-based WebGIS, Haosheng Huang, Yan Li & Georg Gartner
Augmentation and location-based services
Geolocating for web based geospatial applications, Bert Veenendaal, Jacob Delfos & Tele Tan
The mobile web: Lessons from mobile augmented reality, Sylvie Daniel & Robin M. Harrap
A survey on augmented maps and environments: Approaches, interactions and applications, Gerhard Schall, Johannes Schöning, Volker Paelke & Georg Gartner
Collaboration and decision making
Map-chatting within the geospatial web, G. Brent Hall & Michael G. Leahy
Jump-starting the next level of online geospatial collaboration: Lessons from AfricaMap, Benjamin Lewis & Weihe Guan
A geospatial Web application to map observations and opinions in environmental planning, Claus Rinner, Jyothi Kumari & Sepehr Mavedati
Web-based collaboration and decision making in GIS-built virtual environments, Christian Stock, Ian D. Bishop, Haohui Chen, Marcos Nino-Ruiz & Peter Wang
Development and challenges of using web-based GIS for health applications, Sheng Gao, Darka Mioc, Xiaolun Yi, Harold Boley & François Anton
Open standards for geospatial services
OGC standards: Enabling the geospatial web, Carl Reed
Vector data formats in internet based geoservices, Franz-Josef Behr, Kai Holschuh, Detlev Wagner & Rita Zlotnikova
Geospatial catalogue web/grid service, Aijun Chen & Liping Di
Author index
Keyword index
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