The objective of this hands-on workshop
is to offer an introduction to geographic information
systems
(GIS) functionality on the Internet. This workshop will
focus on the understanding of the fundamentals
of Internet GIS, and the assessment of different Internet
GIS technologies including server-side and
client-side processing. The workshop includes hands-on
exercises.
Specific topics include:
- Advantages and drawbacks of different approaches.
- Performance, security and interoperability of Internet GIS
- Institutional impacts of Internet GIS, including spatial information sharing and a digital spatial data library.
- Organizational impacts, including spatial data publication and interpretation, and public GIS education.
Intended Audience: This workshop is intended for
public and private sector managers, elected officials, and
policy
professionals, database developers and administrators, and
GIS professionals.
Cost $250
Instructor: Dr. Zhong-Ren
Peng
Dr. Zhong-Ren Peng is Chair and Professor at the Department
of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida. He is
widely recognized for his work in Internet GIS and
transportation planning. He is the principle author of the
book "Internet GIS: Distributed geographic information
services for the Internet and wireless networks" which is
considered as a definitive work in the field of Internet
GIS. Prior to his current position, he was a full professor
and Director of the Center for Advanced Spatial Information
Research at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He was
also a visiting professor at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) in 2003-2004.
