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GIS for Web Developers: Adding 'Where' to Your Web Applications
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176 pages, Paperback
First published October 9, 2007
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Scott Davis
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Scott Davis is an internationally recognized author, speaker, and software developer. His books include Groovy Recipes: Greasing the Wheels of Java , GIS for Web Developers , The Google Maps API, and JBoss at Work . He writes two ongoing article series for IBM DeveloperWorks: "Mastering Grails" and "Practically Groovy." Keep up with him at .
Scott Davis is an internationally recognized author, speaker, and software developer. His books include Groovy Recipes: Greasing the Wheels of Java , GIS for Web Developers , The Google Maps API, and JBoss at Work . He writes two ongoing article series for IBM DeveloperWorks: "Mastering Grails" and "Practically Groovy." Keep up with him at .
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December 3, 2011through chapter 4
SITES:
(TIGER data)
fwtools.maptools.org
fink.sourceforge.net/
TERMS:
ArcExplorer(software)
OpenMap(software)
Proj(software tool) a reprojection library
GEOS(software tool) geometry engine open source
GDAL(software tool) geospatial/data abstraction library
Frank Warmerdan
Refractims Research, PostGIS, Paul Ramsey
USGS(Uniuted States Geographical Services National Atlas)
ArcXML -> .axl
shapes vs. multishapes
point, line, poly (layer ordering)
alpha value - opacity
projection:universal transverse mercator(UTM), mercator,
peters, winkel tripel
graticule
projection distortions(4):distance, direction, shape, area
NAD => North American Datum .... GRS80 ellipsoid based
geoid
DEM - digital elevation model
SRTM - shuttle radar topology mission
CRS - coordinate reference system
sexagesimal
decimal degrees notation => 1 degree 30 minutes = 1.5degrees
6 decimal holders in decimal degrees, exp; 0.123456
GNU build environment
FILE TYPES:
.shp(vector)
.shx(index)
.dbf(nonspatial)
.prj(projection)
.axl(data state)
.prj(well-known text)
SITES:
(TIGER data)
fwtools.maptools.org
fink.sourceforge.net/
TERMS:
ArcExplorer(software)
OpenMap(software)
Proj(software tool) a reprojection library
GEOS(software tool) geometry engine open source
GDAL(software tool) geospatial/data abstraction library
Frank Warmerdan
Refractims Research, PostGIS, Paul Ramsey
USGS(Uniuted States Geographical Services National Atlas)
ArcXML -> .axl
shapes vs. multishapes
point, line, poly (layer ordering)
alpha value - opacity
projection:universal transverse mercator(UTM), mercator,
peters, winkel tripel
graticule
projection distortions(4):distance, direction, shape, area
NAD => North American Datum .... GRS80 ellipsoid based
geoid
DEM - digital elevation model
SRTM - shuttle radar topology mission
CRS - coordinate reference system
sexagesimal
decimal degrees notation => 1 degree 30 minutes = 1.5degrees
6 decimal holders in decimal degrees, exp; 0.123456
GNU build environment
FILE TYPES:
.shp(vector)
.shx(index)
.dbf(nonspatial)
.prj(projection)
.axl(data state)
.prj(well-known text)
May 7, 2017
This book is absolutely a very pleasant read : the author's style makes it very enjoyable and the full color print helps a lot. But even if the book goes down to web applications, it doesn't tackes well the GIS field and many important concepts are just uncovered.
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