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GIS for Web Developers: Adding 'Where' to Your Web Applications [Paperback]

Scott Davis (Author)
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Book Description

Publication Date: 16 Oct 2007 | ISBN-10: 0974514098 | ISBN-13: 978-0974514093 | Edition: 1

There is a hidden revolution going on: geography is moving from niche to the mainstream. News reports routinely include maps and satellite images. More and more pieces of equipment cell phones, cars, computers now contain Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. Many of the major database vendors have made geographic data types standard in their flagship products.

GIS for Web Developers introduces Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in simple terms and demonstrates hands-on uses. With this book, you'll explore popular websites like maps.google.com, see the technologies they use, and learn how to create your own. Written with the usual Pragmatic Bookshelf humor and real-world experience, GIS for Web Developers makes geographic programming concepts accessible to the common developer.

This book will demystify GIS and show you how to make GIS work for you. You'll learn the buzzwords and explore ways to geographically-enable your own applications. GIS is not a fundamentally difficult domain, but there is a barrier to entry because of the industry jargon. This book will show you how to "walk the walk" and "talk the talk" of a geographer.

You'll learn how to find the vast amounts of free geographic data that's out there and how to bring it all together. Although this data is free, it's scattered across the web on a variety of different sites, in a variety of incompatible formats. You'll see how to convert it among several popular formats including plain text, ESRI Shapefiles, and Geography Markup Language (GML).

With this book in hand, you'll become a real geographic programmer using the Java programming language. You'll find plenty of working code examples in Java using some of the many GIS-oriented applications and APIs. You'll be able to:

  • Find free sources of GIS data on the web
  • Browse GIS data using open source desktop viewers
  • Manipulate GIS data programmatically
  • Store and retrieve data using geographically-enabled databases
  • Explore free web toolkits like Google Maps
  • Publish and consume web services using Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) interfaces

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    Product details

    • Paperback: 176 pages
    • Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf; 1 edition (16 Oct 2007)
    • Language: English
    • ISBN-10: 0974514098
    • ISBN-13: 978-0974514093
    • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 2 x 23.2 cm
    • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
    • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 616,608 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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    Pragmatic GIS introduces Geography Information Systems (GIS) in simple terms and demonstrates hands-on uses. With this book, you'll explore popular websites mapquest.com and Google Maps, see the technologies they use, and learn how to create your own. Written with the usual Pragmatic Bookshelf humor and real-world experience, Pragmatic GIS makes geographic programming concepts accessible to the common developer.

    About the Author

    Scott Davis is a senior software engineer with DigitalGlobe, a satellite imaging company. His role in the company is technical evangelist: educating developers in geographic technologies and making complex topics accessible to non-technical end users. Scott is a frequent presenter at national conferences and local user groups. He was the president of the Denver Java Users Group in 2003 when it was voted one of the top-ten JUGs in North America.

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    2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars Does exactly what it says on the tin 23 Mar 2009
    By K1ng
    Format:Paperback
    A very simple yet concise introduction to GIS and the tools, techniques and terminology involved. A good starting place if you're new to the subject.
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    5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars Does what it says on the cover 27 Mar 2008
    By C. Webster
    Format:Paperback
    I've been using this book to help me learn about open-source GIS for an MSc GIS course, and it's great. You don't need any formal background in GIS, however, as the book gives you all you need to know to get started, and it's bang up to date. It covers the whole open-source "geo-stack" pretty well, with detailed instructions and examples on how to install and use the various free software components, as well as masses of links to sources of further information and, most importantly, to sources of free geo-data you can use when building your maps, from aerial and satellite imagery to US census data. The author's style can be a little annoying at times, but he does an excellent job of helping you to get to grips with the wonderful world of open source web mapping. If you feel like moving beyond Google Maps into the world of open-source "neo-geography", this is definitely the book for you.
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    7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, easy summary of a complex subject 16 Jan 2008
    By Kenneth A. Kousen - Published on Amazon.com
    Format:Paperback
    Prior to reading this book, my experience with mapping technologies was limited to writing Google Maps applications and using its geocoder. I didn't even really understand what a geocoder was.

    Scott Davis provides a friendly, easy-going assist to learning the bizarre complexities and conventions associated with real mapping technologies. I was frankly dismayed at the state of the art, with its odd compromises and incomplete, conflicting tools. But Scott leads the reader through the maze quite effectively.

    If you're ready to move beyond simple markers and lines, this book shows the way to _real_ mapping applications.
    5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good overview of web mapping 10 Dec 2008
    By A. S. Johnson - Published on Amazon.com
    Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
    This book is a great introduction to web mapping for someone new to the subject, either a new developer or a manager. If you already have some GIS skills, this is still a good book, except it is becoming dated. The author is committed to open source tools, and that is the focus of the book.

    The first few chapters cover the following:
    -Vectors
    -Projections
    -Rasters

    All things that would be useful for someone new and can be skipped by someone with a GIS background.

    The rest of the book covers the following general concepts:
    -The Open Geospatial Consortium and their web service specifications
    -Geospatial databases

    The author then gets into specifics on the following:
    -Geoserver
    -Mapbuilder (no longer an active project)
    -Openlayers

    He gives some information on Google Maps, Mapserver, and other products, but no real detail.
    5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Real "Map Guy" Shows You How to Get There 31 Jan 2008
    By Brian Sletten - Published on Amazon.com
    Format:Paperback
    We have a hard time as software engineers mastering our own concepts. Once we are asked to work in a non-trivial domain like geospatially-enabled environments, it is easy to get lost (pun intended). This book acts as a map to the world of maps. It shows you where you are; in this case, building web-based applications that need to visualize spatially-oriented data. It shows you where you can go without taking too many trips down unnecessary rabbit holes. In short, Scott walks masterly on the very fine line of theory and practice making it both useful and instructive.

    In addition to the informational content, the book is one of the more beautiful computer books I've seen recently. The decision to go with color plates for the images is key. In order to fully appreciate the power of visual contexts like this, you have to see the richness of the data.

    I worked on one of the first "whole Earth" environments 14 years ago and would have gone bananas for a book like this. The field has changed pretty dramatically since then with the emergence of both the Web and rich and complicated standards like those we are seeing from the OGC. This book lays enough foundation of the theory and catches you up to the new and sexy tools available to us now.

    We are not genetically-programmed to stare at words and tables. We are visual creatures and gain real insights when we can see relationships literally laid out in front of us.

    Do your customers and users a favor and add some "where" to your applications. Do yourself a favor and pick up this guide to help you along the way.
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