PLA-43116 Web-based GIS Applications, 4 cr
Person responsible
Tarmo Lipping
Lessons
Implementation 1: PLA-43116 2015-01
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Requirements
Passed exam and excercises
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation
Learning Outcomes
Students will get acquainted to the technologies of Web-based GIS applications. After completing the course the students are able to set up a Web GIS Server and a related geodatabase solution, to publish geospatial Web services and implement Web applications using these serveices on desktop as well as mobile platforms. Both open source tools and environments as well as commercial solutions (offered by ESRI) will be introduced.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Technologies of Web-based GIS applications and related OGC standards (WMS, WFS, WCS etc.) | ||
| 2. | GIS Server solutions (GeoServer and ArcGIS for Server) and GIS databases (PostgreSQL). Publishing GIS data and Geoprocessing tools. | ||
| 3. | Implementing client side GIS applications on desktop as well as mobile platforms | ||
| 4. | Geoportals and Mashup applications | ||
| 5. | Application areas of GIS applications. GIS applications in business and public organizations |
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Additional information | Examination material |
| Book | Web GIS: Principles and Applications | Pinde Fu, Julin Sun | ISBN-13: 978-1589482456 | No | ||
| Lecture slides | Web-GIS Application | Tarmo Lipping | No | |||
| Other literature | GIS for Web Developers: Adding Where to Your Web Application | Davis, Scott | No |
Correspondence of content
| Course | Corresponds course | Description |
| PLA-43116 Web-based GIS Applications, 4 cr | SGNP-3110 Web Based GIS Applications, 4 cr | |
| PLA-43116 Web-based GIS Applications, 4 cr | PLA-43110 Web Based GIS Applications, 4 cr |