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6.1 Sketch of the initial ARPAnet (from
Saulus, 1995)
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6.2 The domain Name Serving system
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6.3 Basic web publishing
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Frappier,
J. and Williams, D., 1999, An
overview of the National Atlas of Canada. In: Proceedings of the
19th International Cartographic Conference ICC99, Ottawa, edited by
Keller, C.P. (Ottawa: Canadian Institute of Geomatics), pp. 261-267.
(See also: http://atlas.gc.ca/english/about_us/ index.html #overview)
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Brief History of the Internet: http://www.isoc.org/internet-history/brief.html
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6.5 Plugin set-up (example of Adobe Acrobat
PDF-reader)
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6.6 Set-up using Java applet
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6.7 Server-side CGI set-up
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6.8 ESRI's ArcView Internet Map Server set-up
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 The
World Wide Web is a relatively new means of publishing maps and although
nowadays millions of people use it every day, not many of those users
know how it actually works. Many of them, quite sensibly, do not really
care. But for the those interested in publishing information on the Web,
some basic knowledge about the technical background of the Web can be
helpful in understanding the different mapping possibilities available.
In this chapter,
a short overview is given of how the World Wide Web sprouted from the
Internet and of the file formats and communication protocols that are
its building blocks. It will become clear how the basic set-up allows
the publication only of static maps with very limited interactivity and
how the possibilities can be broadened by adding server-side applications
or client-side plugins and applications such as Java applets or scripts.
ESRI's ArcView Internet Map Server will be used as an example of how all
these techniques can be combined to offer mapping and GIS functionality
on the Web.Last updated March 26, 2002 |
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