The role of the map in a Web-GIS environment Export

@article{citeulike:3857689, abstract = {The World Wide Web has changed the perspective on the role that maps can play. Their traditional function remains, e.g. to represent an ion of a selected part of reality to offer insight into geospatial patterns and relations. Additionally the map can be an important part of a search engine, especially in the context of geospatial data infrastructure. Maps can also function as an interface to other geographic and non-geographic information on the Web. The question 'What are the implications of this expanding role of maps for a WebGIS environment?' is addressed in this paper.}, author = {Kraak, Menno-Jan}, citeulike-article-id = {3857689}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10109-004-0127-2}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/1dne9f3u0wh7a1p8}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1007/s10109-004-0127-2}, journal = {Journal of Geographical Systems}, keywords = {cartography, internet}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {83--93}, posted-at = {2009-01-07 16:47:54}, priority = {2}, title = {The role of the map in a Web-GIS environment}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10109-004-0127-2}, volume = {6}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3857689 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3857689 N2 - The World Wide Web has changed the perspective on the role that maps can play. Their traditional function remains, e.g. to represent an ion of a selected part of reality to offer insight into geospatial patterns and relations. Additionally the map can be an important part of a search engine, especially in the context of geospatial data infrastructure. Maps can also function as an interface to other geographic and non-geographic information on the Web. The question ‘What are the implications of this expanding role of maps for a WebGIS environment?’ is addressed in this paper. IS - 2 JF - Journal of Geographical Systems EP - 93 TI - The role of the map in a Web-GIS environment VL - 6 SP - 83 KW - cartography KW - internet AU - Kraak, Menno-Jan PY - 2004/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10109-004-0127-2 ER -