Advances in web-based GIS, mapping services and applications / editors Songnian Li, Suzana Dragicevic, Bert Veenendaal

Includes bibliographical references and index

-- Advances, challenges and future directions in web-based GIS, mapping services and applications / Songnian Li, Bert Veenendaal and Suzana Dragićević -- Geography 2.0 : a mash-up perspective / T. Edwin Chow -- GeoClustering : a web service for geospatial clustering / Jing Wang, Xin Wang and Steve H.L. Liang -- Creating GIS simulation models on a TeraGrid-enabled geospatial web portal : a demonstration of geospatial cyberinfrastructure / Ming Hsiang Tsou and Ick-Hoi Kim -- An OGC web processing service for automated interpolation / Jan Dürrfeld, Jochen Bisier and Edzer Pebesma -- GeoGlobe : a virtual globe for multi-source geospatial information integration and service / Jianya Gong ... [and others] -- Building web services for public sector information and the geospatial web / David Pullar, David Torpie and Tim Barker -- WebGIS performance issues and solutions / Chaowei Yang ... [and others] -- Data reduction techniques for web and mobile GIS / Michela Bertolotto and Gavin McArdle -- A load balancing method to support spatial analysis in XML/GML/SVG-based WebGIS / Haosheng Huang, Yan Li and Georg Gartner -- Geolocating for web based geospatial applications / Bert Veenendaal, Jacob Delfos and Tele Tan -- The mobile web : lessons from mobile augmented reality / Sylvie Daniel and Robin M. Harrap -- A survey on augmented maps and environments : approaches, interactions and applications / Gerhard Schall ... [and others] -- Map-chatting within the geospatial web / G. Brent Hall and Michael G. Leahy -- Jump-starting the next level of online geospatial collaboration : lessons from AfricaMap / Benjamin Lewis and Weihe Grun -- A geospatial web application to map observations and opinions in environmental planning / Claus Rinner, Jyothi Kumari and Sepehr Mavedati -- Web-based collaboration and decision making in GIS-built virtual environments / Christian Stock ... [and others] -- Development and challenges of using web-based GIS for health applications / Sheng Gao ... [and others] -- OGC standards : enabling the geospatial web / Carl Reed -- Vector data formats in internet based geoservices / Franz-Josef Behr ... [and others] -- Geospatial catalogue web/grid service / Aijun Chen and Liping Di

"A detailed look at the field of web-based GIS and mapping services and applications, this book reviews current progress and achievements, while looking forward to future developments. It address issues involved in constant updating of related web and geospatial technologies as well as the revolution of web mapping caused by mainstream IT vendors. The text include coverage of increased interest in geo-spatial information technologies and increasing demand for prompt and effective spatial information services. It highlights applications in business, government services, enterprise computing, and social networking"--Provided by publisher