Web Mapping Illustrated: Using Open Source GIS Toolkits (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780596008659)

With the help of the Internet and accompanying tools, creating and publishing online maps has become easier and rich with options. A city guide web site can use maps to show the location of restaurants, museums, and art venues. A business can post a map for reaching its offices. The state government can present a map showing average income by area. Developers who want to publish maps on the web often discover that commercial tools cost too much and hunting down the free tools scattered across Internet can use up too much of your time and resources. Web Mapping Illustrated shows you how to create maps, even interactive maps, with free tools, including MapServer, OpenEV, GDAL/OGR, and PostGIS. It also explains how to find, collect, understand, use, and share mapping data, both over the traditional Web and using OGC-standard services like WFS and WMS. Mapping is a growing field that goes beyond collecting and analyzing GIS data. Web Mapping Illustrated shows how to combine free geographic data, GPS, and data management tools into one resource for your mapping information needs so you don't have to lose your way while searching for it. Remember the fun you had exploring the world with maps? Experience the fun again with Web Mapping Illustrated. This book will take you on a direct route to creating valuable maps.

Author: Tyler Mitchell
ISBN-10: 0596008651
ISBN-13: 9780596008659
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Language: English
Published: 07/26/2005
Pages: 367
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 9.40h x 7.43w x 0.82d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2006 pg. 98