Tile-Based Geospatial Information Systems Principles and Practices /

• Main Authors: Sample, John T. (Author), Ioup, Elias (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Earth sciences.; Database management.; Information storage and retrieval.; Image processing.; 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.; Earth Sciences, general.

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:

• 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.