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Distributed Geographic Information Services for the Internet and Wireless
Zhong-Ren Peng, Ming-Hsiang Tsou
ISBN: 9780471359234
Format: Hardback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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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.
Provides case studies in each chapter illustrating how principles work in practice. Compares strengths and weaknesses of off-the-shelf software packages.
| ISBN | 0471359238 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9780471359234
(What's this?) | | Pages | 720 | | Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | | Volumes | 1 | | Imprint | John Wiley & Sons Inc | | Weight (grammes) | 1124 | | Format | Hardback | | Published in | New York | | Publication date | 17 Apr 2003 | | Height (mm) | 242 | | Non-book description | xxxvi, 679 p. : | | Width (mm) | 161 | | Library of Congress | G70.212, G70.212 | | Spine width (mm) | 37 | | DEWEY | 910.2854678 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Foreword | | | | | | Preface | | | | | | Acknowledgments | | | | 1 | | GIS, Internet GIS, and Distributed GIServices | | 1 | | 2 | | Networking Fundamentals of Internet GIS | | 36 | | 3 | | Client/Server Computing and Distributed-Component Framework | | 92 | | 4 | | Technology Evolutions of Web Mapping | | 151 | | 5 | | Framework of Distributed Geographic Information Services | | 207 | | 6 | | Standards for Distributed GIServices | | 257 | | 7 | | Geographic Markup Language | | 298 | | 8 | | Commercial Web Mapping Programs | | 377 | | 9 | | Mobile GIS | | 447 | | 10 | | Quality of Service and Security Issues in Distributed GIS | | 500 | | 11 | | Distributed GIS in Data Warehousing and Data Sharing | | 534 | | 12 | | Internet GIS Applications in Intelligent Transportation Systems | | 565 | | 13 | | Internet GIS Applications in Planning and Resource Management | | 599 | | 14 | | Conclusions and Epilogue | | 629 | | | | Acronyms | | 657 | | | | Index | | 669 |
"It is an excellent resource in this dynamic field and very well organized and written." (Public Health GIS News & Information, May 2003)  Be the first to write a customer review
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