Introduction to web mapping /

A web map is an interactive display of geographic information, in the form of a web page, that you can use to tell stories and answer questions. Web maps have numerous advantages over traditional mapping techniques, such as the ability to display up-to-date or even real-time information, easy distri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dorman, Michael, 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2020]
Temas:
Digital mapping.
Cartographie par ordinateur.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
Digital mapping
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 0.1 What is web mapping?
  • 0.2 What is JavaScript?
  • 0.3 Why use JavaScript for web mapping?
  • 0.4 Learning objectives
  • 0.5 Software
  • 0.6 Background knowledge
  • 0.7 Online version
  • 0.8 Acknowledgments
  • Author
  • Part I: Introduction to Web Technologies
  • 1. HTML
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 How do people access the web?
  • 1.3 Web pages
  • 1.4 Text editors
  • 1.5 What is HTML?
  • 1.6 Common HTML elements
  • 1.7 id, class, and style attributes
  • 1.8 Code layout
  • 1.9 Inspecting elements
  • 1.10 Exercise
  • 2. CSS
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 What is CSS?
  • 2.3 CSS rules
  • 2.4 CSS selectors
  • 2.5 CSS conflicts
  • 2.6 CSS inheritance
  • 2.7 Linking CSS to HTML
  • 2.8 CSS properties
  • 2.9 Hurricane scale example
  • 2.10 Map description example
  • 2.11 Exercise
  • 3. JavaScript Basics
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 What is JavaScript?
  • 3.3 Client-side vs. server-side
  • 3.4 The JavaScript console
  • 3.5 Assignment
  • 3.6 Data types
  • 3.7 Functions
  • 3.8 Methods
  • 3.9 Scope
  • 3.10 Flow control
  • 3.11 JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
  • 3.12 Exercise
  • 4. JavaScript Interactivity
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 The Document Object Model (DOM)
  • 4.3 Accessing and modifying elements
  • 4.4 What is jQuery?
  • 4.5 Including the jQuery library
  • 4.6 Selecting elements
  • 4.7 Operating on selection
  • 4.8 Binding event listeners
  • 4.9 Hello example
  • 4.10 Poles example
  • 4.11 The event object
  • 4.12 Iteration over arrays and objects
  • 4.13 Modifying page based on data
  • 4.14 Working with user input
  • 4.15 Exercise
  • 5. Web Servers
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Web servers
  • 5.3 Communicating through HTTP
  • 5.4 Static vs. dynamic servers
  • 5.5 URLs and file structure
  • 5.6 Running a static server
  • Part II: Web Mapping with Leaflet
  • 6. Leaflet
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 What is a web map?
  • 6.3 What is Leaflet?
  • 6.4 Alternatives to Leaflet
  • 6.5 Creating a basic web map
  • 6.6 Adding vector layers
  • 6.7 Adding popups
  • 6.8 Adding a description
  • 6.9 Introducing map events
  • 6.10 Exercise
  • 7. GeoJSON
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 What is GeoJSON?
  • 7.3 GeoJSON structure
  • 7.4 Editing GeoJSON
  • 7.5 Adding GeoJSON to Leaflet map
  • 7.6 GeoJSON viewer example
  • 7.7 Ajax
  • 7.8 The .getJSON function
  • 7.9 Exercise
  • 8. Symbology and Interactivity
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 L.geoJSON options
  • 8.3 Constant style
  • 8.4 Varying style
  • 8.5 Constructing popups from data
  • 8.6 Adding a legend
  • 8.7 Using CSS to style the legend
  • 8.8 Dynamic style
  • 8.9 Exercise
  • Part III: Databases
  • 9. Databases
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 What is CARTO?
  • 9.3 Databases
  • 9.4 Spatial databases
  • 9.5 What is PostGIS?
  • 9.6 What is SQL?
  • 9.7 The CARTO SQL API
  • 9.8 CARTO and Leaflet
  • 9.9 Exercise
  • 10. Non-spatial Queries
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Subsetting with SQL
  • 10.3 Creating a dropdown menu
  • 10.4 Populating dropdown options

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