Index

A

• admin.py
  • about / Learning Django
• admin interface
  • about / Learning Django
• affine transformation matrix / GDAL example code
• AJAX (asynchronous JavaScript and XML)
  • about / User interface libraries
• Albers equal-area projection
  • about / Conic projections
• angular distances / Task – identifying parks in or near urban areas
• anti-meridian line
  • dealing with / Dealing with the anti-meridian line
  • about / Dealing with the anti-meridian line
• application programming interfaces (APIs)
  • about / Recent developments
• applications, of geospatial development
  • about / Applications of geospatial development
  • geospatial data, analyzing / Analysing geospatial data
  • geospatial data, visualizing / Visualizing geospatial data
  • geospatial mash-up, creating / Creating a geospatial mash-up
• Application Tier / Web application stacks
• aspect ratio / Calculating the map's dimensions
• azimuthal projections
  • about / Azimuthal projections
  • gnomonic projection / Azimuthal projections
  • Lambert equal-area azimuthal projection / Azimuthal projections

B

• Band Interleaved by Line (BIL)
  • about / GIS data formats
• Band Interleaved by Pixel (BIP)
  • about / GIS data formats
• Band Sequential (BSQ)
  • about / GIS data formats
• base layer
  • about / Tile rendering
• base map / Implementing the Tile Map Server
• Base Map / Tile caching
• best practices, geospatial databases
  • about / Recommended best practices
• big web services
  • about / Web services
• bounding box
  • about / Spatial indexes
• business logic layer / Web application stacks

C

• caching / Tile caching
• CGI Script
  • about / Implementing the DISTAL application
  • reference / Implementing the DISTAL application
• CherryPy
  • URL / Implementing the DISTAL application
• civic location
  • about / Location
• conic projection
  • about / Conic projections
• coordinate systems
  • projected coordinate systems / Coordinate systems
  • about / Coordinate systems
  • unprojected coordinate systems / Coordinate systems
• Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) / Task – identifying parks in or near urban areas
• core GIS concepts
  • about / Core GIS concepts
  • location / Location
  • distance / Distance
  • units / Units
  • projection / Projections
  • coordinate systems / Coordinate systems
  • datum / Datums
  • shapes / Shapes
• cross-site request forgery (CSRF) / Setting up the ShapeEditor project
• cylindrical projections
  • about / Cylindrical projections
  • Mercator projection / Cylindrical projections
  • equal-area cylindrical projection / Cylindrical projections
  • universal transverse Mercator projection / Cylindrical projections

D

• dash length / Drawing lines
• data access layer / Web application stacks
• database
  • setting up / Setting up a database
  • Postgres user account, creating / Creating a Postgres user account
  • creating / Creating a database
  • user access, enabling / Allowing the user to access the database
  • enabling, spatially / Spatially enable the database
• database migrations
  • about / Learning Django
• database models
  • about / Learning Django
• data models, ShapeEditor
  • defining / Defining the data models
  • shapefile / The Shapefile object
  • attribute / The Attribute object
  • feature / The Feature object
  • AttributeValue object / The AttributeValue object
  • models.py file / The models.py file
• data source / Understanding OGR, Introducing Mapnik
• data sources, Mapnik
  • about / Data sources
  • shapefile / Shapefile
  • PostGIS / PostGIS
  • Gdal / Gdal
  • MemoryDatasource / MemoryDatasource
• Data Tier / Web application stacks
• datum
  • about / Datums
  • NAD 27 / Datums
  • NAD 83 / Datums
  • WGS 84 / Datums
• datums
  • about / Changing datums and projections
  • changing / Changing datums and projections
  • changing, to combine older and newer TIGER data / Task – changing the datums to allow older and newer TIGER data to be combined
• digital elevation map (DEM) / Task – analyze elevations using a digital elevation map
• Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
  • about / GIS data formats
• digital elevation model (DEM) data
  • about / Global Land One-kilometer Base Elevation (GLOBE)
• Digital Raster Graphic (DRG)
  • about / GIS data formats
• DISTAL
  • application workflow / About DISTAL
  • about / About DISTAL
  • using / Using DISTAL
• DISTAL application
  • database, designing / Designing and building the database
  • database, building / Designing and building the database
  • data, importing / Downloading and importing the data
  • data, downloading / Downloading and importing the data
  • implementing / Implementing the DISTAL application
  • select country script / The "select country" script
  • select area script / The "select area" script
  • show results script / The "show results" script
• distance
  • about / Distance
  • angular distance / Distance
  • linear distance / Distance
  • traveling distance / Distance
• Django
  • about / Learning Django
  • URL / Learning Django
• DSG (feature designation code) field / Non-US place names

E

• Editing API
  • URL / The OpenStreetMap APIs
• equal-area cylindrical projection / Cylindrical projections
• equidistant projection
  • about / Conic projections
• European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) / Best practice: use the database to keep track of spatial references
• event listener function / Intercepting mouse clicks
• EveryBlock
  • URL / Mapnik
• Exterior ring / Shapes

F

• FC (feature classification) field / Non-US place names
• feature
  • about / Understanding OGR
• Feature Classification (FC) / Obtaining and using GEOnet Names Server data
• Feature Designation Code (DSG) / Obtaining and using GEOnet Names Server data
• feature layer
  • about / Tile rendering
• features
  • editing / Editing features
  • adding / Adding features
  • deleting / Deleting features
• feature to edit
  • selecting / Selecting the feature to edit
  • tile map server, implementing / Implementing the Tile Map Server
  • OpenLayers, using to display map / Using OpenLayers to display the map
  • mouse clicks, intercepting / Intercepting mouse clicks
  • find feature view, implementing / Implementing the "Find Feature" view
• filter / Introducing Mapnik
• fixture
  • about / Setting up the base map

G

• gap length / Drawing lines
• GDAL
  • installing / Installing GDAL
  • URL / Installing GDAL
  • installing, on Linux / Installing GDAL on Linux
  • installing, on Mac OS X / Installing GDAL on Mac OS X
  • installing, on MS Windows / Installing GDAL on MS Windows
  • about / Understanding GDAL
• GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library) / GDAL/OGR
• gdal.Driver.Create() method
  • GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library) / GDAL example code
• GDAL / OGR
  • about / GDAL/OGR
  • installing / Installing GDAL/OGR
  • documentation / GDAL/OGR documentation
• GDAL Complete package
  • about / Installing PostGIS
• GDAL example code
  • about / GDAL example code
• GDAL installation
  • testing / Testing your GDAL installation
  • downloaded shapefile, examining / Examining the Downloaded Shapefile
• Geod
  • about / Geod
  • fwd() method / Geod
  • inv() method / Geod
  • npts() method / Geod
• geodetic location
  • about / Location
• GeoDjango
  • about / GeoDjango, GeoDjango
  • model / GeoDjango
  • template / GeoDjango
  • admin interface / GeoDjango
  • distance and area calculators / GeoDjango
  • IP-based geolocation / GeoDjango
• geometry
  • about / Understanding OGR
• geometry types, shapely.geometry module
  • shapely.geometry.Point / Understanding Shapely
  • shapely.geometry.LineString / Understanding Shapely
  • shapely.geometry.LinearRing / Understanding Shapely
  • shapely.geometry.Polygon / Understanding Shapely
  • shapely.geometry.MultiPoint / Understanding Shapely
  • shapely.geometry.MultiLineString / Understanding Shapely
  • shapely.geometry.MultiPolygon / Understanding Shapely
  • shapely.geometry.GeometryCollection / Understanding Shapely
• GEOnet Names Server
  • about / The GEOnet Names Server
  • data format / The GEOnet Names Server data format
  • data, obtaining / Obtaining and using GEOnet Names Server data
  • references / Obtaining and using GEOnet Names Server data
  • data, using / Obtaining and using GEOnet Names Server data
• georeferencing transform / GDAL example code
• GEOS
  • reference / Installing Shapely
• geospatial calculations
  • performing / Performing geospatial calculations
  • parks, identifying in or near urban areas / Task – identifying parks in or near urban areas
• geospatial data
  • about / Geospatial development
  • reading / Reading and writing geospatial data
  • writing / Reading and writing geospatial data
  • analyzing / Analyzing and manipulating Geospatial data
  • manipulating / Analyzing and manipulating Geospatial data
  • Shapely / Shapely
  • visualizing / Visualizing geospatial data
  • Mapnik / Mapnik
  • working with / Working with geospatial data
  • bounding box, calculating for each country in the world / Task – calculate the bounding box for each country in the world
  • border between Thailand and Myanmar, calculating / Task – calculate the border between Thailand and Myanmar
  • elevations, analyzing with DEM / Task – analyze elevations using a digital elevation map
• geospatial data, in Python
  • pre-requisites / Pre-requisites
• geospatial databases
  • best practices / Recommended best practices, Best practice: use the database to keep track of spatial references, Best practice: use the appropriate spatial reference for your data, Option 2: Transforming features as required, Best practice: avoid on-the-fly transformations within a query, Best practice: don't create geometries within a query, Best practice: use spatial indexes appropriately, Best practice: know the limits of your database's query optimizer
• geospatial data source
  • selecting / Choosing your geospatial data source
• geospatial data source, types
  • about / Sources of other types of geospatial data
  • GEOnet Names Server / The GEOnet Names Server
  • GNIS / The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
• geospatial data sources, in raster format
  • about / Sources of geospatial data in raster format
  • Landsat / Landsat
  • Natural Earth / Natural Earth
  • GLOBE / Global Land One-kilometer Base Elevation (GLOBE)
  • National Elevation Dataset (NED) / The National Elevation Dataset (NED)
• geospatial data sources, in vector format
  • about / Sources of geospatial data in vector format
  • OpenStreetMap / OpenStreetMap
  • TIGER / TIGER
  • Natural Earth / Natural Earth
  • GSHHG / The Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database (GSHHG)
  • World Borders Dataset / The World Borders Dataset
• geospatial development
  • about / Geospatial development
  • applications / Applications of geospatial development
  • recent developments / Recent developments
• geospatial web protocols
  • Web Map Service (WMS) protocol / Geospatial web protocols
  • references / Geospatial web protocols
  • Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) protocol / Geospatial web protocols
  • Tile Map Service (TMS) / Geospatial web protocols
  • Web Coverage Service (WCS) protocol / Geospatial web protocols
  • Web Feature Service (WFS) protocol / Geospatial web protocols
• GIS (geographical information system)
  • about / Geospatial development
• GIS data
  • working with / Working with GIS data manually
  • obtaining / Obtaining the data
• GIS data formats
  • about / GIS data formats
  • features / GIS data formats
  • raster format data / GIS data formats
  • vector format data / GIS data formats
• Global Positioning System (GPS)
  • about / Recent developments
• Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites / Datums
• GLOBE
  • about / Global Land One-kilometer Base Elevation (GLOBE)
  • data format / The GLOBE data format
  • data, obtaining / Obtaining and using GLOBE data
  • data, using / Obtaining and using GLOBE data
• GLOBE dataset
  • references / Obtaining and using GLOBE data
• GNIS
  • about / The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
  • data format / The GNIS data format
  • data, obtaining / Obtaining and using GNIS data
  • URL / Obtaining and using GNIS data
  • data, using / Obtaining and using GNIS data
• great-circle distance
  • about / Distance
• GSHHG
  • about / The Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database (GSHHG)
  • data format / The GSHHG data format
  • resolution / The GSHHG data format
  • level / The GSHHG data format
  • database, obtaining / Obtaining the GSHHG database
• GSHHG shoreline database
  • download link / The GSHHG shoreline database
  • about / The GSHHG shoreline database

H

• .hdr file
  • reference / Obtaining and using GLOBE data
• haversine formula / Distance

I

• imposm.parser
  • reference / Working with OpenStreetMap data
• Interior rings / Shapes

J

• jurisdictional locations
  • about / Location

K

• KyngChaos web site
  • URL / Installing PostgreSQL

L

• Labels layer / Introducing Mapnik
• Lambert conformal conic projection
  • about / Conic projections
• Landsat
  • about / Landsat
  • data format / The Landsat data format
  • imagery, obtaining / Obtaining Landsat imagery
• latitude
  • about / Location
• Layer objects / Introducing Mapnik
• LineString / Shapes
• LineSymbolizer
  • used, for drawing points / Drawing lines
• longitude
  • about / Location

M

• Mapnik / Creating a geospatial mash-up
  • about / Mapnik, Understanding Mapnik, Introducing Mapnik
  • installing / Installing Mapnik
  • URL / Installing Mapnik
  • Symbolizers / Understanding Mapnik
  • example code / Mapnik example code
  • documentation / Mapnik documentation
  • exploring / Introducing Mapnik
  • example map, creating / Creating an example map
• Mapnik concepts
  • about / Mapnik concepts
  • data sources / Data sources
  • rules / Rules, filters, and styles, "Else" rules
  • filters / Rules, filters, and styles, Filters
  • styles / Styles
  • symbolizers / Symbolizers
  • maps and layers / Maps and layers
  • map rendering / Map rendering
• Mapnik documentation
  • URL / Mapnik concepts
• map overlays / Tile caching
• MapProxy
  • URL / The Tile Map Service protocol
• MapServer / Creating a geospatial mash-up
• Mercator projection / Cylindrical projections
• meridians
  • about / Location
• micro-formats
  • about / GIS data formats
  • Well-known Text (WKT) / GIS data formats
  • Well-known Binary (WKB) / GIS data formats
  • GeoJSON / GIS data formats
  • Geography Markup Language (GML) / GIS data formats
• migrations directory
  • about / Learning Django
• models.py module
  • about / Learning Django

N

• National Elevation Dataset (NED)
  • about / The National Elevation Dataset (NED)
  • data format / The NED data format
  • data, obtaining / Obtaining and using NED data
  • data, using / Obtaining and using NED data
• National Map Viewer
  • reference / Obtaining and using NED data
• Natural Earth
  • URL / Natural Earth, Natural Earth
  • about / Natural Earth, Natural Earth
  • cultural map data / Natural Earth
  • physical map data / Natural Earth
  • data format / The Natural Earth data format, The Natural Earth data format
  • vector data, obtaining / Obtaining and using Natural Earth vector data
  • vector data, using / Obtaining and using Natural Earth vector data
  • raster data, obtaining / Obtaining and using Natural Earth raster data
  • raster data, using / Obtaining and using Natural Earth raster data
• nodata value
  • GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library) / Understanding GDAL
• nodes / The OpenStreetMap data format
• non-US place names
  • about / Non-US place names
  • download link / Non-US place names
• NT (name type) field / Non-US place names

O

• OGR
  • about / Understanding OGR
  • example code / OGR example code
• OGR coordinate transformation / Task – changing projections to combine shapefiles using geographic and UTM coordinates
• Open Geospatial Consortium
  • about / Recent developments
  • URL / Recent developments
• OpenLayers / Creating a geospatial mash-up
  • URL / OpenLayers
  • about / OpenLayers
• OpenLayers source object / Using OpenLayers to display the map
• OpenLayers Tile layer object / Using OpenLayers to display the map
• OpenStreetMap
  • URL / Mapnik, OpenStreetMap
  • about / OpenStreetMap
  • data format / The OpenStreetMap data format
  • data, obtaining / Obtaining and using OpenStreetMap data
  • data, using / Obtaining and using OpenStreetMap data
  • APIs / The OpenStreetMap APIs
  • Planet.osm database / Planet.osm
  • mirrors and extracts / Mirror sites and extracts
  • data, working with / Working with OpenStreetMap data
• OpenStreetMap data
  • reference link / Map rendering using a web service
• OpenStreetMap geocoder / Recent developments
• orthographic projection / Azimuthal projections
• orthorectification / The Landsat data format
• osm2pgsql tool
  • reference / Working with OpenStreetMap data
• Overpass API
  • URL / The OpenStreetMap APIs

P

• painter's algorithm / Introducing Mapnik
• parallels
  • about / Location
• performance
  • about / Performance
  • problem, finding / Finding the problem
  • improving / Improving performance
  • tiled shorelines, calculating / Calculating the tiled shorelines
  • tiled shorelines, using / Using the tiled shorelines
• performance improvement
  • analyzing / Analyzing the performance improvement
• Planet.osm database
  • about / Planet.osm
  • reference / Planet.osm, Mirror sites and extracts
• point / Shapes
• PointSymbolizer
  • used, for drawing points / Drawing points
  • attributes, setting / Drawing points
• polygon / Shapes
• Polygons layer / Introducing Mapnik
• Polygons Layer / Introducing Mapnik
• PolygonSymbolizer
  • used, for drawing polygons / Drawing polygons
• PostGIS
  • about / Introducing PostGIS
  • geometry field / Introducing PostGIS
  • geography field / Introducing PostGIS
  • installing / Installing PostGIS
  • using / Using PostGIS
  • documentation / PostGIS documentation
  • advanced features / Advanced PostGIS features
• Postgres
  • about / Introducing PostGIS
• PostgreSQL
  • about / Installing PostgreSQL
  • URL / Installing PostgreSQL
  • download page / Installing PostgreSQL
• Presentation Tier / Web application stacks
• prime meridian
  • about / Location
• Proj
  • about / Proj
• PROJ.4
  • about / pyproj
• projection
  • about / Projections
  • cylindrical projections / Cylindrical projections
  • conic projection / Conic projections
  • azimuthal projections / Azimuthal projections
  • nature of map projections / The nature of map projections
  • dealing with / Dealing with projections
  • pyproj / pyproj
• projections
  • changing / Changing datums and projections
  • about / Changing datums and projections
  • changing, to combine shapefiles / Task – changing projections to combine shapefiles using geographic and UTM coordinates
• protocols / Geospatial web protocols
• psycopg2
  • about / Installing psycopg2
  • installing / Installing psycopg2
• Pyjamas
  • URL / Implementing the DISTAL application
• pyproj
  • about / pyproj, Understanding pyproj
  • installing / Installing pyproj
  • references / Installing pyproj
  • Proj / Proj
  • Geod / Geod
  • example code / Example code
  • documentation / Documentation
• Python
  • about / Python
  • URL / Python
• Python 3
  • about / Python 3
• Python bindings
  • reference / Installing GDAL on Linux
• Python Package Index
  • URL / Python
  • about / Python

R

• rapid application development (RAD) / Web application frameworks
• raster format data
  • about / GIS data formats
• raster images
  • about / Drawing raster images
• RasterSymbolizer
  • about / Drawing raster images
  • used, for drawing raster images / Drawing raster images
• relations / The OpenStreetMap data format
• request object
  • about / Learning Django
• response object
  • about / Learning Django
• REST (REpresentational State Transfer)
  • about / Web services
• rule / Introducing Mapnik

S

• scale factors / The Tile Map Service protocol
• scale problem
  • dealing with / Dealing with the scale problem
• select area script, DISTAL application
  • about / The "select area" script
  • bounding box, calculating / Calculating the bounding box
  • map's dimensions, calculating / Calculating the map's dimensions
  • map image, rendering / Rendering the map image
• ShapeEditor
  • about / A closer look at three specific tools and techniques, About the ShapeEditor
  • flowchart / About the ShapeEditor
  • designing / Designing the ShapeEditor
  • shapefile, importing / Importing a shapefile
  • feature, selecting / Selecting a feature
  • feature, editing / Editing a feature
  • feature, exporting / Exporting a shapefile
  • prerequisites / Prerequisites
  • database, setting up / Setting up the database
  • applications, defining / Defining the ShapeEditor's applications
  • shared application, creating / Creating the shared application
  • data models, defining / Defining the data models
  • admin system, playing with / Playing with the admin system
  • feature to edit, selecting / Selecting the feature to edit
  • using / Using the ShapeEditor
  • enhancements / Further improvements and enhancements
• ShapeEditor project
  • setting up / Setting up the ShapeEditor project
• shapefile / Obtaining the data
• shapefile list view
  • implementing / Implementing the shapefile list view
• shapefiles
  • deleting / Deleting shapefiles
• shapefiles, exporting
  • about / Exporting shapefiles
  • OGR shapefile, defining / Define the OGR shapefile
  • features, saving into shapefile / Saving the features into the shapefile
  • attributes, saving into shapefile / Saving the attributes into the shapefile
  • shapefile, compressing / Compressing the shapefile
  • temporary files, deleting / Deleting temporary files
  • ZIP archive, returning to user / Returning the ZIP archive to the user
• shapefiles, importing
  • process of importing / Importing shapefiles
  • Import Shapefile form / The Import Shapefile form
  • uploaded shapefile, extracting / Extracting the uploaded shapefile
  • contents, importing / Importing the shapefile's contents
  • shapefile, opening / Opening the shapefile
  • Shapefile object, adding to database / Adding the Shapefile object to the database
  • attributes, defining / Defining the shapefile's attributes
  • features, storing / Storing the shapefile's features
  • attributes, storing / Storing the shapefile's attributes
  • temporary files, cleaning up / Cleaning up
• Shapely
  • about / Shapely, Understanding Shapely
  • installing / Installing Shapely
  • references / Installing Shapely
  • modules / Understanding Shapely
  • example code / Shapely example code
  • documentation / Shapely documentation
• Shapely modules
  • shapely.geometry / Understanding Shapely
  • shapely.wkt / Understanding Shapely
  • shapely.wkb / Understanding Shapely
  • shapely.ops / Understanding Shapely
• shapes
  • about / Shapes
  • point / Shapes
  • polygon / Shapes
• ShieldSymbolizer / Drawing text
• show results script, DISTAL application
  • about / The "show results" script
  • clicked-on point, identifying / Identifying the clicked-on point
  • matching place names, identifying / Identifying matching place names
  • results, displaying / Displaying the results
• slippy map stack / The "slippy map" stack
• spatial data types / Spatially-enabled databases
• spatial functions / Spatially-enabled databases
• spatial indexes
  • about / Spatial indexes
• spatial joins / Spatially-enabled databases
• spatially enabled databases
  • about / Spatially-enabled databases
• spatial queries / Spatially-enabled databases
• spatial query optimizer / Best practice: know the limits of your database's query optimizer
• spatial reference
  • about / Understanding OGR
  / Best practice: use the database to keep track of spatial references
• spatial reference identifier (SRID) / Best practice: use the database to keep track of spatial references
• static tile map server / The Tile Map Service protocol
• Stroke object
  • customizing / Drawing lines
• styles / Introducing Mapnik
• symbolizers
  • about / Introducing Mapnik, Symbolizers
  • PolygonSymbolizer / Introducing Mapnik
  • LineSymbolizer / Introducing Mapnik
  • TextSymbolizer / Introducing Mapnik
  • points, drawing with PointSymbolizer / Drawing points
  • lines, drawing with LineSymbolizer / Drawing lines
  • polygons, drawing with PolygonSymbolizer / Drawing polygons
  • text, drawing with TextSymbolizer / Drawing text
  • raster images, drawing with RasterSymbolizer / Drawing raster images
• Symbolizers, Mapnik
  • LineSymbolizer / Understanding Mapnik
  • LinePatternSymbolizer / Understanding Mapnik
  • PolygonSymbolizer / Understanding Mapnik
  • PolygonPatternSymbolizer / Understanding Mapnik
  • PointSymbolizer / Understanding Mapnik
  • TextSymbolizer / Understanding Mapnik
  • RasterSymbolizer / Understanding Mapnik
  • ShieldSymbolizer / Understanding Mapnik
  • BuildingSymbolizer / Understanding Mapnik
  • MarkersSymbolizer / Understanding Mapnik

T

• tags / The OpenStreetMap data format
• tests.py module
  • about / Learning Django
• TextSymbolizer
  • used, for drawing text / Drawing text
• TextSymbolizer object
  • attributes, setting / Drawing text
• TIGER
  • about / TIGER
  • data format / The TIGER data format
  • data, obtaining / Obtaining and using TIGER data
  • data, using / Obtaining and using TIGER data
• TileCache
  • URL / The Tile Map Service protocol
• tile map server
  • implementing / Implementing the Tile Map Server
  • about / Implementing the Tile Map Server
  • base map, setting up / Setting up the base map
  • tile rendering / Tile rendering
  • completing / Completing the Tile Map Server
• Tile Map Server (TMS) protocol
  • about / Implementing the Tile Map Server
  • tile map server / Implementing the Tile Map Server
  • tile map service / Implementing the Tile Map Server
  • tile map / Implementing the Tile Map Server
  • tile set / Implementing the Tile Map Server
  • tile / Implementing the Tile Map Server
• Tile Map Service (TMS) protocol
  • about / Geospatial web protocols, The Tile Map Service protocol
  • TMS Server / The Tile Map Service protocol
• tile rendering
  • about / Tile rendering
  • query parameters, parsing / Parsing the query parameters
  • map, setting up / Setting up the map
  • base layer, defining / Defining the base layer
  • feature layer, defining / Defining the feature layer
  • map tile, rendering / Rendering the map Tile
• tiles / Tile caching
• tile sets / The Tile Map Service protocol
• tools, for geospatial web development
  • about / Tools and techniques for geospatial web development
  • web applications / Web applications
  • web services / Web services
  • slippy map stack / The "slippy map" stack
  • geospatial web protocols / Geospatial web protocols

U

• units
  • about / Units
• units, of geometry and distance
  • converting / Converting and standardizing units of geometry and distance
  • standardizing / Converting and standardizing units of geometry and distance
  • Thai-Myanmar border lenght, calculating / Task – calculating the length of the Thai-Myanmar border
  • point 132.7 kilometers west of Shoshone, California, identifying / Task – finding a point 132.7 kilometers west of Shoshone, California
• Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) / Coordinate systems
• Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection / Task – changing projections to combine shapefiles using geographic and UTM coordinates
• universal transverse Mercator projection / Cylindrical projections
• URL mapping
  • about / Learning Django
• US Census Bureau
  • reference / Obtaining the data
• user interface libraries
  • about / User interface libraries
• US place names
  • about / US place names
  • download link / US place names

V

• vector format data
  • about / GIS data formats
  • shapefile / GIS data formats
  • simple features / GIS data formats
  • TIGER/Line format / GIS data formats
  • coverage / GIS data formats
• view functions
  • about / Learning Django
• views.py module
  • about / Learning Django

W

• ways / The OpenStreetMap data format
• web applications
  • about / Web applications
  • bare-bones approach / A bare-bones approach
  • web application stacks / Web application stacks
  • web application frameworks / Web application frameworks
  • user interface libraries / User interface libraries
• Web Coverage Service (WCS) protocol
  • about / Geospatial web protocols
• Web Feature Service (WFS) protocol
  • about / Geospatial web protocols
• WebGIS web site
  • URL / Task – changing projections to combine shapefiles using geographic and UTM coordinates
• Web Map Service (WMS) protocol
  • about / Geospatial web protocols
• Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) protocol
  • about / Geospatial web protocols
• web services
  • about / Web services
  • example web service / An example web service
  • for map rendering / Map rendering using a web service
  • tile caching / Tile caching
• well-known binary (WKB)-formatted binary data / Understanding Shapely
• well-known text (WKT)-formatted strings / Understanding Shapely
• World Borders Dataset
  • about / The World Borders Dataset, The World Borders Dataset
  • data format / The World Borders Dataset data format
  • reference / Obtaining the World Borders Dataset
  • obtaining / Obtaining the World Borders Dataset
• World Data Bank II (WDBII)
  • about / The Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database (GSHHG)
• world reference system (WRS) / Obtaining Landsat imagery
• World Vector Shorelines (WVS)
  • about / The Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database (GSHHG)

Z

• zoom levels / Implementing the Tile Map Server