Introduction to Web GIS

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An introductory course on web mapping and geospatial data infrastructures. Up: Educational Resources

The student is assumed to have completed the Introduction to GIS course.

Course outline

introduction to the web and its technologies
web communities, collecting and sharing geospatial data
storage of geospatial data
web mapping server
the browser as a web mapping client
dedicated web mapping clients

Readings

Freely downloadable texts are needed.

Praxishandbuch WebGIS mit Freier Software German, GNU FDL, 2nd edition, Feb 2004 (needs updating)
Spatial Data Managmenet with PostgeSQL/PostGIS

Lectures

Lecture slides are needed.

Assignments

These need to have detailed instructions and pre-prepared datasets. Also instructions how to get and install the needed software.

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