The Social Implications of Developing a Web-GIS

Observations from Studies in Rural Bavaria, Germany

authored by

Sylvia Herrmann, Stefan Neumeier

Abstract

Social implications of Web-GIS 243 15.2.2 Software Given the above requirements, the Web-GIS was created using ESRI’s Internet Map Server ArcIMS®, the ArcSDE® middleware and an Oracle® 8i. database. Since it is often the case that the general public object to using Internet services that require the download and installation of additional software components6 a thin client approach7 was adopted and the system development was carried out with the ArcIMS HTML client. This meant that the end-user only needed a plain web browser capable of executing JavaScript to access GIS data and functions over the Internet. Nevertheless, in order to adapt and enhance the basic Web-GIS software (graphical user interface, functionality) for use in a tourism application, extensive programming was necessary using HTML, JavaScript and Perl.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Environmental Planning

External Organisation(s)

Julius Kühn Institute - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI)

Type

Contribution to book/anthology

No. of pages

14

Publication date

2007

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Engineering, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, General Environmental Science

Electronic version(s)

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/social-implications-developing-web-gis-observations-studies-rural-bavaria-germany-andrew-lovett-katy-appleton/10.1201/9781420007466-23 (Access: Closed)