Advanced Web-based Mapping Applications using Open Source GIS Tools Course

Course Objectives

•          You will learn how to install Geoserver,
•          Load GIS data into Geoserver
•          Serve vector, raster, and attribute data on the Internet with Geoserver
•          Serve data stored in Postgres and PostGIS on the Internet
•          Create a client based browser application using OpenLayers 3.0
•          Create an application that allows client and server interaction with GIS data.

Course content

Module 1 - Web Mapping Technologies

•          Introductions to concepts of GIS and web mapping
•          Understanding key concepts in Web mapping
•          Exploring QGIS as an open source software
•          OGC web mapping Standards
•          Types of web mapping Technology and their evolution
•          Understanding Free and Open Source Software and its use in web mapping
•          Finding and sharing web maps on CartoDB
•          Web GIS development cycle
•          System architecture for web mapping
•          Understanding spatial databases
•          Tiled web map
•          XML/XHTM
•          CSS
•          WMS service
•          Java script
•          Write a page using HTML and CSS
•          HTML

Module 2

Designing web services and maps

•          Analytic web maps
•          System architecture for web mapping
•          Elements of a web map
•          Collaborative web maps
•          Animated and real time
•          Static web maps

Reading Data from various Data source

•          Reading Points from an XML file
•          Converting shape files to XML
•          Geocoding and reverse geocording
•          Adding Side bars
•          KML
•          Ajax
•          Using Fusion Table as Data source
•          Mapping your own data
•          Reading shape files using javascript libraries

Processing spatial data with Open Source Software

•          Processing raster data set with QGIS and GDAL
•          Understanding data formats for use in web mapping
•          Geo-processing and projecting vector data with QGIS and OGR
•          Processing spatial data with Free Open source Software

Module 3

Drawing and querying maps on the server using Web Map Service

•          Dynamically drawn map services
•          Basic and advanced symbolization and styling with a WMS
•          Introduction to basics of Open specifications for web map services and WMS specification

Building tiled maps with Free Open Source Software

•          Making the decision to build and maintain tiles
•          Introduction to Concepts of tiled maps
•          Creating tiles with GeoServer using GeoWebCache
•          Strategies for creating and serving map tiles
•          Creating tiles with Mapnik using TileMill

Module 4 - Putting layers together by the use of a web mapping API and Google Maps API

•          Introduction to web mapping API
•          Overlaying WMS on tiled maps with OpenLayers
•          Examining OpenLayers examples
•          Programming patterns with web mapping APIs
•          Introduction to google maps
•          Adding Makers to Google maps
•          Creating Custom Web maps without programming
•          Building Google maps/ customization
•          Orientation to Google maps API

Module 5

Web based data editing

•          Working with vector KML
•          Drawing vector layers on the client side
•          Symbolizing vector layers in OpenLayers
•          Working with GeoJSON
•          GIS analysis on the web
•          Adding interactive GeoJSON layers in OpenLayers

Exploring open data, VGI, and crowdsourcing

•          Ways of opening data
•          OpenStreetMap and its application in open data
•          VGI and crowd sourced projects
•          Downloading source data from OpenStreetMap
•          Mapping social media data

Publishing maps using open source software (Geoserver)

•          Overview Geoserver
•          Installing and configuring Geoserver
•          Setting up Geosever
•          The Geoserver Interface
•          Data querying in Geoserver