Table of Contents for
Web Mapping Illustrated
Web Mapping Illustrated
Published by
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005
- Web Mapping Illustrated
- Cover
- Web Mapping Illustrated
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- Foreword
- Preface
- Youthful Exploration
- The Tools in This Book
- What This Book Covers
- Organization of This Book
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Safari Enabled
- Comments and Questions
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction to Digital Mapping
- 1.1. The Power of Digital Maps
- 1.2. The Difficulties of Making Maps
- 1.3. Different Kinds of Web Mapping
- 2. Digital Mapping Tasks and Tools
- 2.1. Common Mapping Tasks
- 2.2. Common Pitfalls, Deadends, and Irritations
- 2.3. Identifying the Types of Tasks for a Project
- 3. Converting and Viewing Maps
- 3.1. Raster and Vector
- 3.2. OpenEV
- 3.3. MapServer
- 3.4. Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL)
- 3.5. OGR Simple Features Library
- 3.6. PostGIS
- 3.7. Summary of Applications
- 4. Installing MapServer
- 4.1. How MapServer Applications Operate
- 4.2. Walkthrough of the Main Components
- 4.3. Installing MapServer
- 4.4. Getting Help
- 5. Acquiring Map Data
- 5.1. Appraising Your Data Needs
- 5.2. Acquiring the Data You Need
- 6. Analyzing Map Data
- 6.1. Downloading the Demonstration Data
- 6.2. Installing Data Management Tools: GDAL and FWTools
- 6.3. Examining Data Content
- 6.4. Summarizing Information Using Other Tools
- 7. Converting Map Data
- 7.1. Converting Map Data
- 7.2. Converting Vector Data
- 7.3. Converting Raster Data to Other Formats
- 8. Visualizing Mapping Data in a Desktop Program
- 8.1. Visualization and Mapping Programs
- 8.2. Using OpenEV
- 8.3. OpenEV Basics
- 9. Create and Edit Personal Map Data
- 9.1. Planning Your Map
- 9.2. Preprocessing Data Examples
- 10. Creating Static Maps
- 10.1. MapServer Utilities
- 10.2. Sample Uses of the Command-Line Utilities
- 10.3. Setting Output Image Formats
- 11. Publishing Interactive Maps on the Web
- 11.1. Preparing and Testing MapServer
- 11.2. Create a Custom Application for a Particular Area
- 11.3. Continuing Education
- 12. Accessing Maps Through Web Services
- 12.1. Web Services for Mapping
- 12.2. What Do Web Services for Mapping Do?
- 12.3. Using MapServer with Web Services
- 12.4. Reference Map Files
- 13. Managing a Spatial Database
- 13.1. Introducing PostGIS
- 13.2. What Is a Spatial Database?
- 13.3. Downloading PostGIS Install Packages and Binaries
- 13.4. Compiling from Source Code
- 13.5. Steps for Setting Up PostGIS
- 13.6. Creating a Spatial Database
- 13.7. Load Data into the Database
- 13.8. Spatial Data Queries
- 13.9. Accessing Spatial Data from PostGIS in Other Applications
- 14. Custom Programming with MapServer’s MapScript
- 14.1. Introducing MapScript
- 14.2. Getting MapScript
- 14.3. MapScript Objects
- 14.4. MapScript Examples
- 14.5. Other Resources
- 14.6. Parallel MapScript Translations
- A. A Brief Introduction to Map Projections
- A.1. The Third Spheroid from the Sun
- A.2. Using Map Projections with MapServer
- A.3. Map Projection Examples
- A.4. Using Projections with Other Applications
- A.5. References
- B. MapServer Reference Guide for Vector Data Access
- B.1. Vector Data
- B.2. Data Format Guide
- ESRI Shapefiles (SHP)
- PostGIS/PostgreSQL Database
- MapInfo Files (TAB/MID/MIF)
- Oracle Spatial Database
- Web Feature Service (WFS)
- Geography Markup Language Files (GML)
- VirtualSpatialData (ODBC/OVF)
- TIGER/Line Files
- ESRI ArcInfo Coverage Files
- ESRI ArcSDE Database (SDE)
- Microstation Design Files (DGN)
- IHO S-57 Files
- Spatial Data Transfer Standard Files (SDTS)
- Inline MapServer Features
- National Transfer Format Files (NTF)
- About the Author
- Colophon
- Copyright
Getting Help
During setup and installation of MapServer, there are different ways to get some help. These include commercial support, mailing lists, and an Internet relay chat (IRC) channel.
- MapServer web site
The main web site with documentation is at http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu.
An FAQ is available at http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc/mapserver-FAQ.html.
Bug tracking/reporting can be found at http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/bugs/index.cgi.
- MapServer mailing lists
Look for MapServer users at http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mapserver-users.html.
Find older archives at http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wilma/mapserver-users.
Check out a searchable GMANE archive at http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.mapserver.user.
Find MapServer-dev at http://lists.gis.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-dev.
- MapServer IRC channel
Look for #mapserver at irc.freenode.net.
- Other references
A map of other users/consultants is at http://moximedia.com/imf-ows/imf.jsp?site=ms_users.
A support site that includes MapServer category is at http://www.findopensourcesupport.com.
Check out the Mapping Hacks book (O’Reilly) at http://mappinghacks.com.
Table 4-2 lists commercial options for support or development of MapServer applications.