zz Web Mapping Illustrated Table of Contents

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Web Mapping Illustrated
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Web Mapping Illustrated
Using Open Source GIS Toolkits

By?a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/catalog/view/au/1898">Tyler燤itchell
First Edition June 2005 
ISBN: 0-596-00865-1
367 pages, $39.95 US, $55.95 CA, £28.50 UK

Table of Contents

Foreword 
Preface 
1. Introduction to Digital Mapping 
     The Power of Digital Maps 
     The Difficulties of Making Maps 
     Different Kinds of Web Mapping 
2. Digital Mapping Tasks and Tools 
     Common Mapping Tasks 
     Common Pitfalls, Deadends, and Irritations 
     Identifying the Types of Tasks for a Project 
3. Converting and Viewing Maps 
     Raster and Vector 
     OpenEV 
     MapServer 
     Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL) 
     OGR Simple Features Library 
     PostGIS 
     Summary of Applications 
4. Installing MapServer 
     How MapServer Applications Operate 
     Walkthrough of the Main Components 
     Installing MapServer 
     Getting Help 
5. Acquiring Map Data 
     Appraising Your Data Needs 
     Acquiring the Data You Need 
6. Analyzing Map Data 
     Downloading the Demonstration Data 
     Installing Data Management Tools: GDAL and FWTools 
     Examining Data Content 
     Summarizing Information Using Other Tools 
7. Converting Map Data 
     Converting Map Data 
     Converting Vector Data 
     Converting Raster Data to Other Formats 
8. Visualizing Mapping Data in a Desktop Program 
     Visualization and Mapping Programs 
     Using OpenEV 
     OpenEV Basics 
9. Create and Edit Personal Map Data 
     Planning Your Map 
     Preprocessing Data Examples 
10. Creating Static Maps 
     MapServer Utilities 
     Sample Uses of the Command-Line Utilities 
     Setting Output Image Formats 
11. Publishing Interactive Maps on the Web 
     Preparing and Testing MapServer 
     Create a Custom Application for a Particular Area 
     Continuing Education 
12. Accessing Maps Through Web Services 
     Web Services for Mapping 
     What Do Web Services for Mapping Do? 
     Using MapServer with Web Services 
     Reference Map Files 
13. Managing a Spatial Database 
     Introducing PostGIS 
     What Is a Spatial Database? 
     Downloading PostGIS Install Packages and Binaries 
     Compiling from Source Code 
     Steps for Setting Up PostGIS 
     Creating a Spatial Database 
     Load Data into the Database 
     Spatial Data Queries 
     Accessing Spatial Data from PostGIS in Other Applications 
14. Custom Programming with MapServer's MapScript 
     Introducing MapScript 
     Getting MapScript 
     MapScript Objects 
     MapScript Examples 
     Other Resources 
     Parallel MapScript Translations 
A. A Brief Introduction to Map Projections 
B. MapServer Reference Guide for Vector Data Access 
Index