Internet Based Geographic Information Systems and Decision Support Tools

By Shilpam Pandy

Rapid growth of the Internet over the past decade has opened up exciting new ways to supply data, tools, models and other information to potential users. Internet delivery provides opportunities to increase involvement of stakeholders in the decision-making and planning process by providing knowledge and data through a widely accessible, fast, cost-effective, and easy-to-use medium. This Quick Study provides readers with an understanding of the availability and potential of existing Internet resources, and prepares them to use the next generation of Internet based decision support tools. Using specific and real world examples this important publication discusses the approaches and challenges involved in setting up and implementing a decision support tool application.

The publication includes sections on:

• Advantages of Internet based tools
• Serving web-based GIS and decision support tools
• Software development platform examples
• Sample implementation of an Internet based decision support tool
• Mapping and user interface issues
• Internet GIS terminology

This new book is both for professionals interested in learning about the types of Internet based decision support tools currently available, and for those individuals involved in developing or extending geographic information and analytical capabilities over the Internet.

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