*Result*: Designs and Lessons Learned in Object-Oriented Web-Based Mapping

Title:
Designs and Lessons Learned in Object-Oriented Web-Based Mapping
Authors:
NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS MARINE GEOSCIENCES DIV, Wilson, Ruth, McCreedy, Frank, Ladner, Roy, Chung, Miyi, Shaw, Kevin
Source:
DTIC AND NTIS
Publisher Information:
2000-10-27
Document Type:
*Electronic Resource* Electronic Resource
Index Terms:
Computer Programming and Software, Cartography and Aerial Photography, INFORMATION RETRIEVAL, GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING, DATA BASES, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, INFORMATION TRANSFER, COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS, INTERNET, GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE., Text
URL:
https://apps.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA385400
Availability:
Open access content. Open access content
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Note:
text/html
English
Other Numbers:
DTICE ADA385400
831711658
Contributing Source:
From OAIster®, provided by the OCLC Cooperative.
Accession Number:
edsoai.ocn831711658
Database:
OAIster

*Further Information*

*This paper presents a summary of designs used in developing an object-oriented web-based mapping application. The Web Mapping Toolkit (WMT) is a Java applet which accesses mapping data from the Geospatial Information Database (GIDB). The GIDB is an object-oriented database developed by the Naval Research Laboratory which stores multiple data types from many sources. The motivation for development of the WMT is to allow users to access geographical data over the Internet through a web browser, without the necessity of specialized software or hardware. Main topics of discussion for the design of the WMT will include choice of programming languages and data transfer protocols, object-oriented design applied to mapping, use of object-oriented pointers for efficient retrieval, interface definition language (idl) design choices, and factors associated with map display. Lessons learned throughout the design process will also be presented.
Pub. in Proceedings of Southern Conference on Computing, Mississippi, 26-28 Oct 2000.*