Unit 133 - WebGIS

1. About the main contributors

• author: Kenneth E. Foote, k.foote@mail.utexas.edu, and Anthony P. Kirvan, tkirvan@mail.utexas.edu, Department of Geography, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA, 78712-1098

• editor: C. Peter Keller, pkeller@office.geog.uvic.ca, Department of Geography, University of Victoria, PO Box 3050, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8W 3P5

2. Details about the file

• current URL of file:
• http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/units/u133/u133.html

• unit title:
• WebGIS

• unit key number:
• 133

3. Key words

• WebGIS
• Internet
• Worldwide Web
• Real-time GIS
• Map servers

4. Index words

• Client-server strategies
• Java
• JavaScript
• ActiveX

5. Prerequisite units

• 048 - Computer Networks
• 047 - User Interfaces

6. Subsequent units

• 148 - WWW and Digital Libraries

7. Revision history

• 7 December 1997.  First draft completed.
• 7 January 1998.  Figures completed and added to module.
• 21 January 1998.  Additional links added and alphabetized.
• 20 June 1998.  Revisions made based on reviewer's comments.
• 13 July 1998 last revision date