Postgraduate Course: Distributed GIS (PGGE11084)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course introduces students to the concepts, technology and benefits of distributed GIS services (web, mobile and multi-computing architectures) and contrasts these with previous monolithic systems. It will illustrate the growing importance of distributed GIS in corporate and enterprise environments. The underlying technology of computer networks and the Internet are explained. Emphasis is placed on web-based systems, although consideration is also given to real-time systems and location-based services accessible via mobile devices and smartphones. Web mapping systems are explained in detail, including GoogleMaps, OpenLayers and developments in data to feed these systems, together with the impact of Web 2.0, are reviewed. The importance of standards is highlighted, and OpenGIS and other key standards are explained (including WMS, WFS, WMTS). The use of these standards to produce a range of applications ¿ from AJAX-based mashups to integrated web services - is discussed. Practicals and exercises will examine different solutions to serving geographical data.
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| Course description |
- Technological Infrastructures for Distributed GIS
- The Place of Standards, OpenGIS and Spatial Data Infrastructures
Practical: Authoring web pages
- Building Distributed GI Services
Practical: From Database to Web
- The Battleground of GI: Local Search and Web Mapping
Practical: Web Mapping APIs
- Mobile GIS, Location-Based Services and Data Issues
Practical: Integrating Paper Maps with Web Services
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- understand the value of distributed geographical information and services
- understand the value of networked information and the organisation-wide
- understand the technological underpinnings of distributed GIS and the restrictions
- predict future developments and understand the implications of standardisation
- appreciate the importance standards such as the OpenGIS web mapping suite
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Reading List
(*Textbooks/major reference sources):
Anderson, G. and Moreno-Sanchez, R. (2003). Building Web-Based Spatial Information
Solutions around Open Specifications and Open Source Software. Transactions in
GIS, 7: 447-466.
B'Far, R. (2005) Mobile Computing Principles: Designing and Developing Mobile
Applications with UML and XML. Cambridge University Press.
Billen, R., Joao, E., and Forrest, D. (2006) Dynamic and Mobile GIS: Investigating
Changes in Space and Time. Innovations in GIS. CRC Press.
de la Beaujardiere, J. (2004) OGC Web Map Service Interface Version 1.3.0, Open GIS
Consortium, Inc., http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wms
Dodge, M. and Kitchin, R. (2001) Mapping Cyberspace. Routledge, London
Dunfey, R.I., Gittings, B.M. and Batcheller, J.K. (2006) Towards an Open Architecture for
Vector GIS, Computers & Geosciences 32(10) p.1720-1732
Eisenberg, J. (2002) SVG Essentials, O¿Reilly.
Erle, S., Gibson. R., and Walsh, J. (2005) Mapping Hacks: Tips & Tools for Electronic
Cartography, O¿Reilly.
Fu, P and Jiulin Sun (2010) Web GIS: Principles and Applications. ESRI Press. Redlands,
Calif. USA.
Gittings, B. M. (ed.) (1999) Integrating Information Infrastuctures with GI Technology,
Taylor and Francis, London.
*Groot, R. and McLaughlin, J. (2000) Geospatial Data Infrastructure, Oxford University
Press.
Gittings, B. M. (ed.) (1999) Integrating Information Infrastuctures with GI Technology,
Taylor and Francis, London.
Hazzard, E. (2011) Open Layers Beginners Guide, Packt Publishing
Holovaty, A., Kaplan-Moss J., (2009) The Django Book, Apress.
http://www.djangobook.com
*Kraak, M.-J. and Brown, A. (2001) Web Cartography, Taylor and Francis, London
Kropla, B. (2005) Beginning MapServer: Open Source GIS Development, Apress
LaMance, J., Jarvinen, J. and DeSalas, J. (2002) Assisted GPS: A Low-Infrastructure
Approach. GPS World, March 2002. http://www.gpsworld.com/gps/assisted-gps-alow-
infrastructure-approach-734
Lemmens, M. (2011) Geo-information: Technologies, Applications and the Environment.
Springer Science & Business Media.
Masó, J., Pomakis, K. and Julià, N. (2010) OpenGIS Web Map Tile Service
Implementation Standard. Version: 1.0.0, Open GIS Consortium, Inc.,
http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wmts/
*Mitchell, T. (2005) Web Mapping Illustrated, O'Reilly
Newton, A., Gittings, B. and Stuart, N. (1997) Designing a scientific database query
server using the World Wide Web: The example of Tephrabase. In Kemp, Z. (Ed.)
Innovations in GIS 4. Taylor & Francis, London.
Newton, P. W., Zwart, P. R. and Cavill, M. E. (eds.) (1995) Networking Spatial
Information Systems. Wiley, Chichester.
*Peng, Z-R and M-H Tsou (2003) Internet GIS: Distributed Geographic Information
Services for the Internet and Wireless Network, Wiley, London.
Peterson, M.P. (Ed.) (2003): Maps and the Internet, Elsevier
Plewe, B. (1997) So you want to build an online GIS? GIS World, 10 (11), 58-60.
Plewe, B. (1997) GIS Online: information retrieval, mapping and the Internet, OnWord
Press, Santa Fe.
Portele, C. (2007) OpenGIS Geography Markup Language (GML) Encoding Standard.
Version: 3.2.1. Open GIS Consortium, Inc.,
http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/gml/
Putz, S. (1994) Interactive Information Services Using World-Wide Web Hypertext.
Computer Networks and ISDN Systems 27(2), pp. 273¿280.
Tang, W. and J. Selwood (2003) Connecting Our World: GIS Web Services, ESRI Press,
Redlands.
Tosta, N. (1999) NSDI was supposed to be a verb. In B.M. Gittings: Integrating
Information Infrastructures with GI Technology, pp. 13¿24.
Vretanos, P.A. (2005) Web Feature Service Implementation Specification. Version: 1.1.0,
Open GIS Consortium, Inc., http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wfs/
Williams, Mike (2010) Google Maps API Tutorial http://econym.org.uk/gmap/
Wilson, T. (2008) OGC KML. Version: 2.2.0, Open GIS Consortium, Inc.,
http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/kml/
Worboys, M. F. and Duckham, M. (2004) GIS: A Computing Perspective. CRC Press,
Second Edition.
Yang, C., Wong, D., Miao, Q and Yang, R. (eds.) (2011) Advanced Geoinformation
Science. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
Yeager, N. J. and McGrath, R. E. (1996) Web Server Technology, Morgan Kaufmann
Publishers Inc., San Francisco.
Youngblood, B. and Iacovella, S. (2013) GeoServer Beginners Guide, Packt Publishing
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | PGGE11084 Distributed GIS,web mapping,OpenGIS |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Bruce Gittings
Tel: (0131 6)50 2558
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Karolina Galera
Tel: (0131 6)50 2572
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