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Spa$al Cloud Compu$ng using Google Maps API Michael P. Peterson Nebraska -‐ Omaha
Introduc$on • We can all agree that many GIS tasks that are now done on desktop computers with specialized soDware will eventually be done in the cloud. • Development of cloud compu$ng has parallels to computer mapping / GIS in the 1970s. • Computer mapping preceded GIS. – Integra$on with databases, analy$cal tools
Computer mapping to GIS • Map mashups with APIs is the computer mapping stage of cloud compu$ng – Presen$ng data with maps – Mashups as thema$c maps – Underlying maps from Google servers but data being mapped usually on local server
• Now, integra$on with databases • How to integrate into the cartography / GIS classroom? – Book: Maps and the Internet: Theory and Prac3ce
In the classroom … • Development of cloud compu$ng is based on what we can teach • Audience – students with oDen have limited programming background • Purpose is not to make programmers – Create an understanding of the technology – Provide tools to allow the building of applica$ons – Develop a concep$on of what is possible
FOSS • Free and open source soDware • Advantages for educa$on – No need to acquire licenses, funding – ArcGIS funding experience
• Emphasize concepts, not training on commercial soDware – Universi$es as agents of ESRI
• Is open source more expensive?
Core concepts • • • • • • • • • •
The Internet map landscape Meaning of mapping Development of maps through $me Map scale and abstrac$on Maps by computer and GPS Points and point data Lines and polygons Layers of informa$on Databases Local mapping
Core technologies • • • • • • • •
HTML JavaScript Google Maps API, Fusion Tables XML GeoRSS PHP MySQL with spa$al extensions App development, both iOS and Android
Interleaving core concepts and core technologies • Two classroom environments – One mee$ng a week with no computers, no wifi, no mobile technology, no tex$ng • Seminar or lecture, depending on class size
– One mee$ng a week in a computer room, demonstra$on but no lecture • Individual and dis$nc$ve web pages/resources created in a group environment.
Web page development For everyone to see -‐
Point Maps • Single points – Markers – Type, size, posi$oning
• Source of data – XML files – GeoRSS – Fusion Tables – MySQL database
