Design and Implementation of a Model, Web-based, GIS-Enabled Cancer Atlas
The Cartographic JournalPublished 1 November 2008
Alan M. MacEachren, Stephen Crawford, Mamata Akella, Eugene J. Lengerich
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The design and development of a highly interactive web-based, GIS-enabled atlas that integrates symbolisation and design principles from print cartography, interaction strategies from exploratory geovisualisation, and web-map/web-feature service advances from GIS is reported.
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AbstractThe design and development of a highly interactive web-based, GIS-enabled atlas is reported. The atlas is a prototype, designed as a model for implementation of atlases to support government cancer-control activities. This model integrates symbolisation and design principles from print cartography, interaction strategies from exploratory geovisualisation, and web-map/web-feature service advances from GIS. The atlas has been implemented using a client-server architecture. It makes use of two open-source GIS tools, PostGIS (as the system database) and GeoServer (to connect the database to the client mapping application). The client mapping application has been built in Macromedia Flash. The entire client-server architecture is described, then direct primary emphasis is focused on the client mapping application. For this component of the system, the interface design strategy is detailed, the approach taken to implement this strategy in Flash is documented, and the mechanisms developed to build dynamic links from the client to the underlying database through the server are outlined. Features of the atlas are presented through a prototypical use scenario for a target user.Keywords: GEOVISUALIZATIONWEB ATLASHEALTH MAPPINGWEB FEATURE SERVICES
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