Webbased GIS Lecture 1

School of Geography FACULTY OF EARTH & ENVIRONMENT GEOG5870: Web-based GIS Lecture 1 Oliver Duke-Williams o.w.duke-williams@leeds.ac.uk Week 1 Introduction Introduction to module • Module structure, timetable and assessment Web-based GIS • What do we mean by this? • What types of web-based GIS are there? Week 1 Practical • Discussion of this week’s practical task Module structure Blended course of face-to-face and on-line materials Weekly practical classes Assessment for the course is based on assessed course work Lecture timetable Three weekly cycle: • Week a: Face-to-face lecture • Week b: On-line lecture • Week c: On-line lecture Each week will be accompanied with a practical class Assessed work The mark for the course will be based on a web-based map application produced by the student, accompanied by description of how it was produced. Module outline Introduction • What is ‘web-based GIS’? • Types of web maps and web GIS • OGC Web Map Servers Google Maps • Basic and advanced use Mapserver • Server based map applications • Local and remote data sources • Databases and spatial data Assessed work • Planning and constructing your assessed work [...]... / Technology T1: Web browsing and static maps T2: Interactive map images T3: Interactive dynamic maps multimedia, 3D representation T4: Interactive map based search; query and analysis – basic web GIS functions T5: Web-GIS advanced functions – Planning & Support Systems C1: General Information C1T1 C1T2 C1T3 C1T4 C1T5 C2: Environment, planning C2T1 C2T2 C2T3 C2T4 C2T5 C3: Raw data C3T1 C3T2 C3T3 C3T4... www.usatoday.com/weather www.snow-forecast.com Physical phenomena earthquakes.tafoni.net Classification Peng (20 01) and Campagna and Delano (2004) has studied the use of Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) over the Internet, and have separately suggested some useful classificatory terms Peng, 20 01 Peng describes a framework for classifying web-based public participation systems (WPPS) Development of internet... Information C1T1 C1T2 C1T3 C1T4 C1T5 C2: Environment, planning C2T1 C2T2 C2T3 C2T4 C2T5 C3: Raw data C3T1 C3T2 C3T3 C3T4 C3T5 C4: Analysis tools, focused bidirectional information flows C4T1 C4T2 C4T3 C4T4 C4T5 Content examples C1: General information • Tourist maps • Other location maps C2: Environment and planning • Local planning applications • Submitted map documents C3: Raw data • Raw data for users to . Web-based GIS What is web-based GIS ? Types of web-based GIS Differences between web-based and other GIS Growth in power of web-based GIS Web Map Servers and Web Feature Servers What is web-based. a web-based map application produced by the student, accompanied by description of how it was produced. Module outline Introduction • What is web-based GIS ? • Types of web maps and web GIS • OGC. ENVIRONMENT GEOG5870: Web-based GIS Lecture 1 Oliver Duke-Williams o.w.duke-williams@leeds.ac.uk Week 1 Introduction Introduction to module • Module structure, timetable and assessment Web-based GIS • What