Pragmatic GIS

"There is a hidden revolution going on. More and more pieces of equipment - cell phones, cars, computers - now contain Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. News reports now routinely include overlays with detailed maps and satellite images. Many of the major database vendors have made geographic data types standard in their flagship products." "GIS for Web Developers introduces Geographic Information Systems (GISs) in simple terms and then demonstrates hands-on uses. With this book, you'll explore popular websites such as maps.google.com, see the technologies they use, and learn how to create your own. You'll learn the buzzwords and explore ways to geographically enable your own applications." "With this book you'll: locate free sources of GIS data on the Web; browse GIS data using open source desktop viewers; manipulate GIS data in your code; store and retrieve data using geographically enabled databases; explore free web toolkits like Google Maps; and publish and consume web services using Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) interfaces." "The Web is full of free geographic data. This book shows you how to convert this data into a form you can use (including plain text, ESRI shapefiles, and Geography Markup Language [GML]) and then integrate it into your code."--BOOK JACKET.Davis, Scott is the author of 'Pragmatic GIS ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780974514093 and ISBN 0974514098.