| School of Engineering and Technology, (SET) | ||
| AT76.9021 : Selected Topic: WebGIS Technology 2(1-3) | ||
| Course objectives: | ||
This course aims at providing students withprinciples of Web GIS technology which is being implemented in various purposes and used as one of the most common and effective way to share geospatial data to communities. The client and server architecture of Web GIS will be taught as well. Students will be trained to be able to publish their geospatial data on the Webs and integrate other distributed data sources across network connections. |
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| Learning Outcomes: | ||
Web GIS, Client and Server architecture, Web Map Server, Web Map Client, Data Sharing, Publish data to communities, Google Maps, OGC Web Services. |
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| Pre-requisite(s): | ||
None |
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| Course Outline: | ||
I. Introduction
1. Overview and History of Web GIS
2. Concepts and Examples of Web GIS Application
II. The Internet and World Wide Web
1. Concepts of Network and Internet Connection
2. Concepts of World Wide Web (WWW)
3. Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
4. Web Page and Web Browser
III. Web GIS
1. Concepts of Web GIS
2. Web GIS components
3. Desktop GIS and Web GIS
4. Client and Server architecture
IV. Web Map Server
1. Concept and framework of Web Map Server
2. Image Map
3. On-the-fly projection
4. Tile-cache
V. Web Map Client
1. Client architecture
2. Map’s User Interface
3. Interactive Web GIS
4. Uses and benefits
VI. Google Maps
1. Concept and functionalities
2. Google Maps components
3. Google Maps API
VII. Web Services for Web GIS
1. Concepts of Web Service
2. OGC Web Services
3. Uses and benefits
4. Example Applications
VIII. Case Studies
1. Mini Project
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| Laboratory Sessions: | ||
Laboratory session will be conducted so that student will be able to manipulate and analyze remote sensing images and GIS data using the Free and Open Source Software. |
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| Learning Resources: | ||
| Textbook: | ||
Lecture notes |
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| Reference Books: | ||
E. Hazzards:
OpenLayers 2.10 Beginner’s Guide, Packt Publishing, 2011
P. Fu and J. Sun:
Web GIS: Principles and Application, ESRI Press, USA, 2011
M. Neteler and H. Mitasova:
Open Source GIS: A GRASS Approach, Third Edition, Springer, USA, 2009
S. Davis:
GIS for Web Developers: Adding ‘Where’ to Your Web Application, Pragmatic Bookself, USA, 2007
T. Mitchell:
Web Mapping Illustrated, O’Reilly, USA, 2005
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| Evaluation Scheme: | ||
Final grades will be computed according to the following percentage distribution:
Mid-semester Examination 20 %,
Final Examination 30% and
Lab Assignments / Mini Project 50%.
Examination will be closed book.
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