PREFACE ........................................................ IX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .............................................. XIII
CHAPTER 1 GIS IN THE WEB ERA ................................... 1
Pinde Fu and Jiulin Sun
1.1 The Web and GIS ............................................ 2
1.2 Web GIS origins and evolution .............................. 7
1.3 Web GIS concept ........................................... 13
1.4 Web GIS applications ...................................... 16
CHAPTER 2 TECHNICAL BASICS .................................... 25
Pinde Fu, Fang Tin, and Jiulin Sun
2.1 Web fundamentals .......................................... 26
2.2 Web GIS basic architecture and components ................. 33
2.3 Thin versus thick client architecture ..................... 40
2.4 User experience design .................................... 45
CHAPTER 3 GEOSPATIAL WEB SERVICES ............................. 49
Pinde Fu and Jiulin Sun
3.1 From Web sites to Web services ............................ 50
3.2 Geospatial Web service functions .......................... 56
3.3 Web service types ......................................... 61
3.4 Interoperability and geospatial Web service standards ..... 68
3.5 Optimizing Web services ................................... 82
CHAPTER 4 GEOSPATIAL MASHUPS .................................. 89
Pinde Fu and Jiulin Sun
4.1 Evolution and impact ...................................... 90
4.2 Web contents, functions, and interfaces ................... 96
4.3 Mashup design and implementation ......................... 104
4.4 Challenges and prospects ................................. 110
CHAPTER 5 MOBILE GIS ......................................... 115
Pinde Fu
5.1 Uses and benefits ........................................ 116
5.2 Supporting technologies .................................. 121
5.3 Solutions and products ................................... 127
5.4 Application case studies ................................. 132
5.5 Challenges and prospects ................................. 138
CHAPTER 6 GEOPORTALS ......................................... 143
Pinde Fu, Juanle Wang, and Jiulin Sun
6.1 Concept and uses ......................................... 144
6.2 Functions and architectures .............................. 148
6.3 Geoportal case studies ................................... 158
6.4 Challenges and prospects ................................. 166
CHAPTER 7 NSDI IN THE WEB 2.0 ERA ............................ 173
Pinde Fu and Yaochen Qin
7.1 From data duplication to Web services .................... 174
7.2 Sharing Web services ..................................... 179
7.3 Assembling Web services .................................. 187
7.4 Challenges and prospects ................................. 194
CHAPTER 8 WEB GIS APPLICATIONS IN E-BUSINESS ................. 199
Monica Pratt and Pinde Fu
8.1 Introduction to e-business and geobusiness ............... 200
8.2 Types of applications .................................... 205
8.3 Challenges and prospects ................................. 216
CHAPTER 9 WEB GIS APPLICATIONS IN E-GOVERNMENT ............... 221
Monica Pratt and Pinde Fu
9.1 Introduction to e-government and geogovernment ........... 222
9.2 Types of applications .................................... 227
9.3 Challenges and prospects ................................. 243
CHAPTER 10 HOT TOPICS AND NEW FRONTIERS ....................... 249
Pinde Fu, Yunqiang Zhu, and Jiulin Sun
10.1 Areas of research ........................................ 250
10.2 Future trends ............................................ 271
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ......................................... 281
INDEX ......................................................... 289
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