Internet Gis - Distributed Geographic Information Services for Internet Wireless

Zusatztext "It is an excellent resource in this dynamic field and very well organized and written." (Public Health GIS News & Information! May 2003) Informationen zum Autor ZHONG-REN PENG , PhD, is the Director of the Center for Advanced Spatial Information Research (CASIR) and an associate professor of Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. MING-HSIANG TSOU , PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at San Diego State University. Klappentext * Provides case studies in each chapter illustrating how principles work in practice.* Compares strengths and weaknesses of off-the-shelf software packages. Zusammenfassung This book presents Internet GIS in an applied and practical manner, including an introduction to basic network architecture and application development. Information is also provided on metadata, recent open standard initiatives, and ways of assuring a current system will be compatible with future designs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. GIS, Internet GIS and Distributed GIServices. Networking Fundamentals of Internet GIS. Client/Server Computing and Distributed-Component Framework. Technology Evolutions of Web Mapping. Framework of Distributed Geographic Information Services. Standards for Distributed GIServices. Geographic Markup Language. Commercial Web Mapping Programs. Mobile GIS. Quality of Service and Security Issues in Distributed GIS. Distributed GIS in Data Warehousing and Data Sharing. Internet GIS Applications in Intelligent Transportation Systems. Internet GIS Appplications in Planning and Resource Management. Conclusions and Epilogue. Acronyms. Index.

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• Authors: Peng, Z Peng, Zhong-Re Peng, Zhong-Ren Peng, Zhong-Ren (University of Wisconsin--Milwauke Peng, Zhong-Ren Tsou Peng, PENG ZHONG REN TSOU MING HSIANG, Peng Zhong-Ren, Ming-Hsiang Tsou, Tsou Ming-Hsiang
• Assisted by: Goodchild Michael F. (Foreword)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.04.2003
• EAN: 9780471359234
• ISBN: 978-0-471-35923-4
• No. of pages: 720
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Geographie, Geography, Geoinformationssystem, GIS, Fernerkundung u. Kartographie, GIS, Remote Sensing & Cartography