Online Maps with APIs and WebServices

313 Pages·2012·14.62 MB·English

by  Michael P. Peterson (auth.)

Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography
Series Editors: William Cartwright, Georg Gartner, Liqiu Meng,
Michael P. Peterson
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Michael P. Peterson
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Online Maps with APIs
and WebServices
Editor
Prof.MichaelP.Peterson
UniversityofNebraska,Omaha
Dept.Geography&Geology
Nebraska
USA
ISSN1863-2246 ISSN1863-2351(electronic)
ISBN978-3-642-27484-8 ISBN978-3-642-27485-5(eBook)
DOI10.1007/978-3-642-27485-5
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Contents
PartI Background
1 OnlineMappingwithAPIs ................................................ 3
MichaelP.Peterson
2 WebMappingServices:DevelopmentandTrends ..................... 13
ManuelaSchmidtandPaulWeiser
3 CurrentTrendsinVector-BasedInternetMapping:
ATechnicalReview ....................................................... 23
ChristopheLienert,BernhardJenny,OlafSchnabel,andLorenzHurni
4 MapMashupsandAPIsinEducation ................................... 37
EmmanuelStefanakis
PartII APIMashups
5 MultimediaMappingontheInternetUsingCommercialAPIs ....... 61
ShunfuHu
6 TheGISBehindiMapInvasives:The“OpenSourceSandwich” ...... 73
GeorgiannaStrode
7 TowardsaDutchMappingAPI .......................................... 91
EdwardMacGillavry,ThijsBrentjens,andHaicovanderVegt
8 LatYourLife:ApplyingMultipleAPIServicesforTaskPlanning ... 105
AminAbdalla
9 GuidelinesforImplementingArcGISAPIforFlexDevelopers ...... 123
GeorgiannaStrode
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PartIII Symbolization
10 WebServicesforThematicMaps ..................................... 141
OtakarCerbaandJachymCepicky
11 ATechnicalSurveyonDeclutteringofIconsinOnlineMap-Based
Mashups ................................................................. 157
HaoshengHuangandGeorgGartner
12 WebMapDesignforaMultipublishingEnvironmentBased
onOpenAPIs ........................................................... 177
PyryKettunen,L.TiinaSarjakoski,SaluYlirisku,andTapaniSarjakoski
13 UserScalableGraduatedCircleswithGoogleMaps ................ 195
DouglasPaziak
14 WebservicesforAnimatedMapping:TheTimeMapperPrototype 205
BarendKo¨bben,Timothe´eBecker,andConnieBlok
15 ThePossibilitiesofGlobePublishingontheWeb .................... 219
Ma´tya´sGede
PartIV Applications
16 MappingSocial-NetworkInteractions ................................ 241
JamesO’BrienandKennethField
17 OnlineMapServiceUsingGoogleMapsAPIandOtherJavaScript
Libraries:AnOpenSourceMethod ................................... 265
ShunfuHu
18 OnlineInformationDisseminationattheWisconsinState
Cartographer’sOfficeUsingMapServicesandAPIs ............... 279
HowardVereginandTimothyKennedy
19 WebGISSystemsforPlanetaryDataAccessatthePDS
GeosciencesNode ....................................................... 299
J.Wang,D.M.Scholes,andK.J.Bennett
Index .......................................................................... 315
Contributors
Amin Abdalla Research Group Geoinformation, Geoinformation and Cartogra-
phy, Vienna University of Technology, Wien, Austria, [e-mail].
ac.at
K.J.Bennett DepartmentofEarthandPlanetarySciences,WashingtonUniversity
inSt.Louis,St.Louis,MO,USA,[e-mail]
Thijs Brentjens Geonovum, Amersfoort, The Netherlands, t.brentjens@
geonovum.nl
Otakar Cerba Section of Geomatics, Department of Mathematics, University of
WestBohemiainPilsen,Plzen,Czechia,[e-mail]
Jachym Cepicky Section of Geomatics, Department of Mathematics, University
ofWestBohemiainPilsen,Plzen,Czechia
KennethField ESRIInc,Redlands,CA,USA,j.fi[e-mail]
GeorgGartner ResearchGroupCartography,DepartmentofGeoinformationand
Cartography, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, georg.
[e-mail]
Edward Mac Gillavry Webmapper, Haarlem, The Netherlands,
[e-mail]
Ma´tya´s Gede Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Eo¨tvo¨s Lornd
University,Budapest,Hungary,[e-mail]
ShunfuHu DepartmentofGeography,SouthernIllinoisUniversity,Edwardsville,
IL,USA,[e-mail]
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viii Contributors
Haosheng Huang Research Group Cartography, Department of Geoinformation
and Cartography, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, haosheng.
[e-mail]
Lorenz Hurni Institute of Cartography, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland,
[e-mail]
BernhardJenny DepartmentofGeosciences,OregonStateUniversity,Corvallis,
OR,USA,[e-mail]
Timothy Kennedy Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office, University of
Wisconsin-Madison,Madison,WI,USA,[e-mail]
PyryKettunen DepartmentofGeoinformaticsandCartography,FinnishGeodetic
Institute,Masala,Finland,Pyry.Kettunen@fgi.fi
Barend Ko¨bben Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation,
ITC–UniversityofTwente,Enschede,TheNetherlands,[e-mail]
Christophe Lienert Institute of Cartography, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland,
[e-mail]
James O’Brien Kingston University London, Centre for GIS, London, United
Kingdom,[e-mail]
Doug Paziak Private Cartographic Contractor, 7528 Pinkney Street, Omaha,
NE68134,USA,[e-mail]
Manuela Schmidt Institute of Geoinformation and Cartography, Vienna
UniversityofTechnology,Wien,Austria,[e-mail]
Olaf Schnabel Department for City Planning, Zurich, Switzerland, olaf.
[e-mail]
D.M. Scholes Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington
UniversityinSt.Louis,St.Louis,MO,USA,[e-mail]
Emmanuel Stefanakis Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering,
UniversityofNewBrunswick,Fredericton,NB,Canada,[e-mail]
Georgianna Strode Florida Resources and Environmental Analysis Center
(FREAC),FloridaStateUniversity(FSU),Tallahassee,FL,USA,GStrode@admin.
fsu.edu
Contributors ix
Haico van der Vegt Kadaster, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, Haico.Vegt@
kadaster.nl
Howard Veregin Wisconsin State Cartographer, University of Wisconsin-
Madison,Madison,WI,USA,[e-mail]
J. Wang Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in
St.Louis,St.Louis,MO,USA,[e-mail]
Paul Weiser Institute of Geoinformation and Cartography, Vienna University of
Technology,Vienna,Austria,[e-mail]
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