Ka-Map: an interactive web-mapping application

ka-Map ("ka" as in ka-boom!) is an open source project that is aimed at providing a javascript API for developing highly interactive web-mapping interfaces using features available in modern web browsers. ka-Map currently has a number of interesting features. It sports the usual array of user interface elements such as: interactive, continuous panning without reloading the page; keyboard navigation options (zooming, panning); zooming to pre-set scales; interactive scalebar, legend and keymap support; optional layer control on client side; server side tile caching

Casos de aplicaciones empresariales de Web Mapping y SIG Libre

La incorporación Software Libre para Geomática (FOSS4G), para la explotación de Información Geoespacial en Sistemas de Información (SI) empresariales es una tendencia inexorable. Aunque estas tecnologías se están difundiendo con rapidez en entornos de empresas especializadas, Universidades, Administraciones Públicas y Centros Tecnológicos, todavía es algo incipiente en grandes empresas, especialmente en aquellas no directamente relacionadas con las tecnologías de los SIG. El objetivo de esta presentación será mostrar cómo se está consiguiendo introducir el software de SIG libre en el mundo empresarial, con tres casos de éxito. El primero es un desarrollo tradicional para una compañía tipo ‘utility’ donde el cliente define una funcionalidad y contrata su desarrollo. El segundo es un modelo de contratación de servicios. La tercera es una aplicación para la administración pública. En los tres casos, el uso de software libre ha permitido ofrecer soluciones exitosas para los requerimientos de los clientes (tanto funcionales como de rendimiento), y óptimas en coste

Difusão de conhecimentos geocientíficos por meio de web-mapping: ensaio de aplicação temática com geoturismo em uma região da borda leste da bacia do Paraná

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

La città di Bologna e la sua storia: diffusione e condivisione delle conoscenze attraverso Webgis open source e Web Mapping

To understand a city and its urban structure it is necessary to study its history. This is feasible through GIS (Geographical Information Systems) and its by-products on the web. Starting from a cartographic view they allow an initial understanding of, and a comparison between, present and past data together with an easy and intuitive access to database information. The research done led to the creation of a GIS for the city of Bologna. It is based on varied data such as historical map, vector and alphanumeric historical data, etc.. After providing information about GIS we thought of spreading and sharing the collected data on the Web after studying two solutions available on the market: Web Mapping and WebGIS. In this study we discuss the stages, beginning with the development of Historical GIS of Bologna, which led to the making of a WebGIS Open Source (MapServer and Chameleon) and the Web Mapping services (Google Earth, Google Maps and OpenLayers).

Web Mapping: dai GIS ai sistemi per la geolocalizzazione

L'elaborato tratta dell'evoluzione dei sistemi di raccolta dati geografici e mappatura grazie all'utilizzo delle tecnologie informatiche e di come sia cambiato il loro utilizzo nel corso del tempo e l'utenza che ne fa uso. Viene anche trattata in maniera tecnica la struttura che compone uno di questi sistemi per permettere l'interazione via web con una mappa digitale. Si effettuano inoltre ipotesi su possibili sviluppi futuri di tali tecnologie.

Communicating thematic data quality with web map services

Geospatial information of many kinds, from topographic maps to scientific data, is increasingly being made available through web mapping services. These allow georeferenced map images to be served from data stores and displayed in websites and geographic information systems, where they can be integrated with other geographic information. The Open Geospatial Consortium’s Web Map Service (WMS) standard has been widely adopted in diverse communities for sharing data in this way. However, current services typically provide little or no information about the quality or accuracy of the data they serve. In this paper we will describe the design and implementation of a new “quality-enabled” profile of WMS, which we call “WMS-Q”. This describes how information about data quality can be transmitted to the user through WMS. Such information can exist at many levels, from entire datasets to individual measurements, and includes the many different ways in which data uncertainty can be expressed. We also describe proposed extensions to the Symbology Encoding specification, which include provision for visualizing uncertainty in raster data in a number of different ways, including contours, shading and bivariate colour maps. We shall also describe new open-source implementations of the new specifications, which include both clients and servers.

Cartografia ao milionésimo dos solos dos municípios brasileiros utilizando o módulo SCarta do SPRING e proposta de acesso para a Internet.

Os Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (SIG) promoveram uma revolução nas operações de armazenamento e manipulação de informações espaciais e a Internet fomenta a atividade de disseminação desse tipo de informação para um público mais numeroso, heterogêneo e com diferentes interesses.

Reconceptualising public spaces of (IN)equality: sensing and creating layers of visibility

Tese apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Doutor em Geografia e Planeamento Territorial - Especialidade: Geografia Humana

The implementation of an Enterprise Geographical Information System to support Cadastre and Expropriation activities.

The processes of mobilization of land for infrastructures of public and private domain are developed according to proper legal frameworks and systematically confronted with the impoverished national situation as regards the cadastral identification and regularization, which leads to big inefficiencies, sometimes with very negative impact to the overall effectiveness. This project report describes Ferbritas Cadastre Information System (FBSIC) project and tools, which in conjunction with other applications, allow managing the entire life-cycle of Land Acquisition and Cadastre, including support to field activities with the integration of information collected in the field, the development of multi-criteria analysis information, monitoring all information in the exploration stage, and the automated generation of outputs. The benefits are evident at the level of operational efficiency, including tools that enable process integration and standardization of procedures, facilitate analysis and quality control and maximize performance in the acquisition, maintenance and management of registration information and expropriation (expropriation projects). Therefore, the implemented system achieves levels of robustness, comprehensiveness, openness, scalability and reliability suitable for a structural platform. The resultant solution, FBSIC, is a fit-for-purpose cadastre information system rooted in the field of railway infrastructures. FBSIC integrating nature of allows: to accomplish present needs and scale to meet future services; to collect, maintain, manage and share all information in one common platform, and transform it into knowledge; to relate with other platforms; to increase accuracy and productivity of business processes related with land property management.

Internet au service du patrimoine. Cartographie dynamique de l'inventaire des géotopes d'importance nationale

L'inventaire des géotopes d'importance nationale, aujourd'hui proche de son état final, est le fruit d'un long travail de sélection, de documentation ainsi que de définition et de numérisation des périmètres des sites initié dans les années 1990 par le groupe de travail pour la protection des géotopes en Suisse (Strasser et al. 1995, Berger et al. 2008). Il représente un outil au service de la diffusion et à la promotion du géopatrimoine suisse, auprès de la population en général et des professionnels des géosciences en particulier, dans un but de valorisation patrimoniale et de protection et par une sensibilisation à la valeur particulière et à la vulnérabilité des géotopes.¦C'est dans cet objectif qu'a été développée une interface cartographique rendant accessible sur Internet le contenu de cet inventaire. L'outil de web mapping utilisé - GoogleMaps API - permet en effet d'enrichir une interface de navigation intuitive de diverses fonctions additionnelles offertes par la cartographie sur internet (Kraak 2004, Plewe 2007). La carte n'est donc pas seulement une représentation de la réalité permettant la localisation de différents objets, mais également un outil de recherche thématique et spatiale ainsi qu'un index reliant chaque objet cartographié à diverses informations.¦Porte d'accès aux données des site à une échelle individuelle ou globale, mais aussi outil d'exploration, cette interface propose plusieurs niveaux d'utilisation, correspondant aux diverses interactions possibles avec ces données : naviguer et découvrir les sites, réaliser des sélections multiples, comparer les géotopes à d'autres données, comme l'inventaire fédéral des paysages. L'utilisateur peut ainsi produire à chaque fois la carte qui répond à ses besoins et à ses questions. En donnant à tous accès au contexte et aux particularités de chaque site par delà la globalité abstraite de l'inventaire, cette application se veut avant tout un outil au service de la médiation du géopatrimoine.

OpenLayers

En este ultimo año y medio el mundo del Web Mapping ha visto nacer y crecer una comunidad muy activa alrededor de OpenLayers, una librería en Javascript para la publicación de mapas en el web. En este artículo se muestran las rutinas y herramientas para la creación de una aplicación de Web Mapping con OpenLayers. OpenLayers ofrece muchas herramientas con las que añadir al mapa, capas raster desde servicios WMS o desde servicios propietarios como los de Google Maps. Ademas, cuenta con una nueva librería de dibujo vectorial con lo que veremos como relacionarse con el editing online. En conclusión, vamos a evaluar el futuro de OpenLayers con las nuevas funciones y soporte a formatos con los que se esta trabajando

MapFish. A WebGIS 2.0 Framework: toolkit to build rich client WebGIS

MapFish is an open-source development framework for building webmapping applications. MapFish is based on the OpenLayers API and the Geo extension of Ext library, and extends the Pylons general-purpose web development framework with geo-specific functionnalities. This presentation first describes what the MapFish development framework provides and how it can help developers implement rich web-mapping applications. It then demonstrates through real web-mapping realizations what can be achieved using MapFish : Geo Business Intelligence applications, 2D/3D data visualization, on/off line data edition, advanced vectorial print functionnalities, advanced administration suite to build WebGIS applications from scratch, etc. In particular, the web-mapping application for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and a Regional Spatial Data Infrastructure will be demonstrated

IDELab MapstractionInteractive: API Universal y Políglota

Continuamente aparecen nuevas plataformas de gestión de cartografía web, con el inconveniente de que cada una de ellas utiliza un API propia. Dada la gran heterogeneidad de APIs de Mapas existente, sería conveniente disponer de una librería de mapas capaz de abstraer al desarrollador de las pequeñas diferencias entre ellas. Este es el objetivo de la librería Javascript de código abierto Mapstraction. Este tipo de API recibe el nombre de «API Universal y Políglota». Gracias a Mapstraction se pueden desarrollar aplicaciones en las que el usuario puede visualizar la información cartográfica con varios proveedores, pero presenta el inconveniente de no proporcionar mecanismos de creación y/o edición. En este documento se recogen las principales novedades que presenta la librería IDELab MapstractionInteractive, una extensión de Mapstraction que ofrece nueva funcionalidad para solventar las carencias de ésta. Las nuevas funcionalidades implementadas para los proveedores que se incluyen dentro de la librería brindan al usuario la posibilidad de poder editar y crear geometrías sobre el mapa (puntos, líneas y polígonos). Por otra parte, también se implementan dentro de la librería nuevos eventos para los mapas, de forma que el programador puede tener un mayor control de lo que el usuario hace sobre éstos

Ferramenta de simulação do consumo de energia na iluminação pública

A iluminação pública é uma área importante de consumo energético. Actualmente existem uma variedade de soluções tecnológicas que permitem diminuir esse consumo e o correspondente impacte ambiental. No entanto, estas soluções tecnológicas nem sempre são utilizadas devido à falta de suporte informático que permita o planeamento para instalação de redes de iluminação, e/ou actualização das tecnologias utilizadas na rede de iluminação existente. Este relatório apresenta uma ferramenta de simulação do consumo de energia na iluminação pública, através da definição de cenários pelo utilizador, nos quais são simuladas a escolha de lâmpadas, luminárias e sistemas de controlo para cada ramal de electricidade, representados sobre um plano geográfico, que permita o cálculo de indicadores de apoio à decisão. A solução apresentada neste relatório, desenvolvida sobre o sistema de web mapping Google Maps, e sobre a plataforma de desenvolvimento para a web Ruby on Rails, permite o desenho sobre o mapa de uma rede de iluminação pública, e o cálculo em tempo de execução do custo e consumo de energia dos cenários de iluminação simulados pelo utilizador. Através de expansões futuras esta ferramenta poderá contribuir para a eficiente optimização de redes de iluminação pública.

INTEGRATION D’UN OBSERVATOIRE URBAIN SUR GOOGLE MAPS : Cas des infrastructures de la santé de la ville de Douala Cameroun

The spectacular advances computer science applied to geographic information systems (GIS) in recent times has favored the emergence of several technological solutions. These developments have given rise to enormous opportunities for digital management of the territory. Among the technological solutions, the most famous Google Maps offers free online mapping dynamic exhaustive of the Maps. In addition to meet the enormous needs of urban indicators geotagged information, we did work on this project “Integration of an urban observatory on Google Maps.” The problem of geolocation in the urban observatory is particularly relevant in the sense that there is currently no data (descriptive and geographical) reliable on the urban sector; we must stick to extrapolate from data old and obsolete. This helps to curb the effectiveness of urban management to make difficult investment programming and to prevent the acquisition of knowledge to make cities engines of growth. The use of a geolocation tool coupled to the data would allow better monitoring of indicators Our project's objective is to develop an interactive map server (WebMapping) which map layer is formed from the resources of the Google Maps servers and match information from the field to produce maps of urban equipment and infrastructure of a city data to the client's request To achieve this goal, we will participate in a study of a GPS location of strategic sites in our core sector (health facilities), on the other hand, using information from the field, we will build a postgresql database that will link the information from the field to map from Google Maps via KML scripts and PHP appropriate. We will limit ourselves in our work to the city of Douala Cameroon with the sectors of health facilities with the possibility of extension to other areas and other cities. Keywords: Geographic Information System (GIS), Thematic Mapping, Web Mapping, data mining, Google API.