GIS for Web Developers: Adding 'Where' to Your Web Applications

by Scott Davis

Genres: Programming, Web, Geography

176 pages, Paperback

First published October 9, 2007

About the author

About the Author from Amazon:

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 http://thirstyhead.com.

Reviews

[Meter]

through chapter 4
SITES:
census.gov/geo/www/cob/index.htm (TIGER data)
perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=4
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)

[Christophe Addinquy · Rating 2 out of 5]

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.
ma note de lecture en français ici