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2012 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

14. Webservices for Animated Mapping: The TimeMapper Prototype

Authors : Barend Köbben, Timothée Becker, Connie Blok

Published in: Online Maps with APIs and WebServices

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Abstract

Within a larger aim of improving automated vector animated mapping, the main objective of this research was to look into the possibility of combining two technologies: distributed webservices and animated, interactive vector maps. TimeMapper was developed as a prototype for an OGC-compliant Web Map Service implementation that serializes spatio–temporal data from a database backend as Scalable Vector Graphics. The SVG is used in a web browser to show animated maps with a built-in advanced user-interface. This interface allows the user to interact with both the spatial and the temporal dimensions of the data. The potential and limitations of the TimeMapper prototype were explored using Antarctic iceberg movement data. The prototype can be explored on the TimeMapper website (http://​geoserver.​itc.​nl/​timemapper/​).

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Metadata
Title
Webservices for Animated Mapping: The TimeMapper Prototype
Authors
Barend Köbben
Timothée Becker
Connie Blok
Copyright Year
2012
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book
Online Maps with APIs and WebServices

Print ISBN: 978-3-642-27484-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-27485-5

Copyright Year: 2012

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27485-5_14

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