Title :
Study on GIS Visualization on Internet
Author :
Jiang, Lili ; Qi, Qingwen ; Zhang, An
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Geogr. Sci. & Natural Resource Res., Grad. Sch. of the Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing
Abstract :
This paper discusses the GIS visualization on Internet. With the development of geographic information technology and the popularization of Internet, people are getting to realize the importance of the GIS visualization on Internet. The aim of GIS visualization is applying the geographic information to the readers effectively, it is to say, the visualization designers should translate or convert the geographic information into visualization exactly. They should know what the readers´ want is, how to choose the visualization method, how to organize the information, and then how to express the geographic information on Internet. How to grasp the readers´ requirement and display it effectively are the core of GIS visualization. The GIS visualization on Internet should remain the task of geographic information data handling world to test the displays on their effectiveness. Some examples application about emergency mapping on Internet will help discuss this issue.
Keywords :
Internet; data visualisation; geographic information systems; GIS visualization; Internet; geographic information system; Content addressable storage; Data handling; Data visualization; Disaster management; Displays; Environmental management; Geographic Information Systems; Information technology; Internet; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2008. WiCOM '08. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2107-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2108-4
DOI :
10.1109/WiCom.2008.2879
