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This book offers a balance of principles, concepts, and techniques to guide readers toward an understanding of how the World Wide Web can expand and modernize the way you use GIS technology.--[book cover]
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This textbook and reference on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Internet presents a conceptual framework for the study of the integration of modern web services and devices with the principles of GIS. This volume explores the basics of GIS over the web, technical specifications for various types of applications, mobile GIS, e-business and e-government applications and further looks ahead at cutting edge research and future trends in Web GIS. Deliberately avoiding pinning their analysis to any specific software application or framework, the work examines universal principles in Web GIS and suggests lab work to accompany the text that can be molded to fit whichever applications are at hand. Fu is lead developer with Esri, a market leading GIS software company and Sun is a professor at the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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