| With the help of the Internet and accompanying tools,
creating and publishing online maps has become easier and
rich with options. A city guide web site can use maps to
show the location of restaurants, museums, and art venues. A
business can post a map for reaching its offices. The state
government can present a map showing average income by area.
Developers who want to publish maps on the web often
discover that commercial tools cost too much and hunting
down the free tools scattered across Internet can use up too
much of your time and resources. Web Mapping Illustrated
shows you how to create maps, even interactive maps, with
free tools, including MapServer, OpenEV, GDAL/OGR, and
PostGIS. It also explains how to find, collect, understand,
use, and share mapping data, both over the traditional Web
and using OGC-standard services like WFS and WMS.
Mapping is a growing field that goes beyond collecting and
analyzing GIS data. Web Mapping Illustrated shows how to
combine free geographic data, GPS, and data management tools
into one resource for your mapping information needs so you
don't have to lose your way while searching for it.
Remember the fun you had exploring the world with maps?
Experience the fun again with Web Mapping Illustrated. This
book will take you on a direct route to creating valuable
maps.
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