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The role of the map in a Web-GIS environment

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  • Menno-Jan Kraak

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The World Wide Web has changed the perspective on the role that maps can play. Their traditional function remains, e.g. to represent an abstraction 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. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004

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  • Menno-Jan Kraak, 2004. "The role of the map in a Web-GIS environment," Journal of Geographical Systems, Springer, vol. 6(2), pages 83-93, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jgeosy:v:6:y:2004:i:2:p:83-93
    DOI: 10.1007/s10109-004-0127-2
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