Tile-Based Geospatial Information Systems Principles and Practices /

• Main Authors: Sample, John T. (Author), Ioup, Elias. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Mathematical geography.; Database management.; Information storage and retrieval systems.; Information systems.; Computer vision.; Geographical information systems.; Computer Science.; Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet).; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Image Processing and Computer Vision.; Database Management.; Information Storage and Retrieval.; Computer Applications in Earth Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7631-4

Tile-based online mapping systems have replaced traditional Web GIS systems, because of their improved speed and usability. The trend towards tile-base systems was started by Internet services companies, such as Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft. They have been followed by the traditional GIS community,...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Logical Tile Schemes
• Tiled Mapping Clients
• Image Processing and Manipulation
• Image Tile Creation
• Optimization of Tile Creation
• Tile Storage
• Practical Tile Storage
• Tile Serving
• Map Projections
• Tile Creation using Vector Data
• Case Study: Tiles from Blue Marble Imagery
• Case Study: Supporting Multiple Tile Clients
• Index.