Mapping Hacks

Name: Mapping Hacks
Author: Schuyler Erle

Tips & Tools for Electronic Cartography

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Paperback, 525 blz. | Engels

O'Reilly | 1e druk, 2005

ISBN13: 9780596007034

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Hoofdrubriek : Computer en informatica

Juridisch : Computer en informatica

O'Reilly 1e druk, 2005 9780596007034

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Since the dawn of creation, man has designed maps to help identify the space that we occupy. From Lewis and Clark's pencil-sketched maps of mountain trails to Jacques Cousteau's sophisticated charts of the ocean floor, creating maps of the utmost precision has been a constant pursuit. So why should things change now?

Well, they shouldn't. The reality is that map creation, or "cartography," has only improved in its ease-of-use over time. In fact, with the recent explosion of inexpensive computing and the growing availability of public mapping data, mapmaking today extends all the way to the ordinary PC user.

Mapping Hacks, the latest page-turner from O'Reilly Press, tackles this notion head on. It's a collection of one hundred simple-and mostly free-techniques available to developers and power users who want draw digital maps or otherwise visualize geographic data. Authors Schuyler Erle, Rich Gibson, and Jo Walsh do more than just illuminate the basic concepts of location and cartography, they walk you through the process one step at a time.

'Mapping Hacks' shows you where to find the best sources of geographic data, and then how to integrate that data into your own map. But that's just an appetizer. This comprehensive resource also shows you how to interpret and manipulate unwieldy cartography data, as well as how to incorporate personal photo galleries into your maps. It even provides practical uses for GPS (Global Positioning System) devices-those touch-of-a-button street maps integrated into cars and mobile phones. Just imagine: If Captain Kidd had this technology, we'd all know where to find his buried treasure!

With all of these industrial-strength tips and tools, Mapping Hacks effectively takes the sting out of the digital mapmaking and navigational process. Now you can create your own maps for business, pleasure, or entertainment-without ever having to sharpen a single pencil.

Specificaties

ISBN13:9780596007034

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:paperback

Aantal pagina's:525

Uitgever:O'Reilly

Druk:1

Hoofdrubriek:Computer en informatica

Serie:Hacks (O'Reilly)

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Foreword
Credits
Preface

Chapter 1. Mapping Your Life
1. Put a Map on It: Mapping Arbitrary Locations withOnline Services
2. Route Planning Online
3. Map the Places You've Visited
4. Find Your House on an Aerial Photograph
5. The Road Less Traveled by in MapQuest
6. Make Route Maps Easier to Read
7. Will the Kids Barf?
8. Publish Maps of Your Photos on the Web
9. Track the Friendly Skies with Sherlock
10. Georeference Digital Photos
11. How Far? How Fast? Geo-Enabling Your Spreadsheet
12. Create a Distance Grid in Excel
13. Add Maps to Excel Spreadsheets with MapPoint
Chapter 2. Mapping Your Neighborhood
14. Make Free Maps of the United States Online
15. Zoom Right In on Your Neighborhood
16. Who Are the Neighbors Voting For?
17. Map Nearby Wi-Fi Hotspots
18. Why You Can't Watch Broadcast TV
19. Analyze Elevation Profiles for Wireless Community Networks
20. Make 3-D Raytraced Terrain Models
21. Map Health Code Violations with RDFMapper
Chapter 3. Mapping Your World
22. Digging to China
23. Explore David Rumsey's Historical Maps
24. Explore a 3-D Model of the Entire World
25. Work with Multiple Lat/Long Formats
26. Work with Different Coordinate Systems
27. Calculate the Distance Between Points on the Earth's Surface
28. Experiment with Different Cartographic Projections
29. Plot Arbitrary Points on a World Map
30. Plot a Great Circle on a Flat Map
31. Plot Dymaxion Maps in Perl
32. Hack on Base Maps in Your Favorite Image Editor
33. Georeference an Arbitrary Tourist Map
34. Map Other Planets
Chapter 4. Mapping (on) the Web
35. Search Local, Find Global
36. Shorten Online Map URLs
37. Tweak the Look and Feel of Web Maps
38. Add Location to Weblogs and RSS Feeds
39. View Your Photo Thumbnails on a Flash Map
40. Plot Points on a Spinning Globe Applet
41. Plot Points on an Interactive Map Using DHTML
42. Map Your Tracklogs on the Web
43. Map Earthquakes in (Nearly) Real Time
44. Plot Statistics Against Shapes
45. Extract a Spatial Model from Wikipedia
46. Map Global Weather Conditions
Chapter 5. Mapping with Gadgets
47. Get Maps on Your Mobile Phone
48. Accessorize Your GPS
49. Get Your Tracklogs in Windows or Linux
50. The Serial Port to USB Conundrum
51. Speak in Geotongues: GPSBabel to the Rescue
52. Show Your Waypoints on Aerial Photos with Terrabrowser
53. Visualize Your Tracks in Three Dimensions
54. Create Your Own Maps for a Garmin GPS
55. Use Your Track Memory as a GPS Base Map
56. Animate Your Tracklogs
57. Connect to Your GPS from Multiple Applications
58. Don't Lose Your Tracklogs!
59. Geocode Your Voice Recordings and Other Media
60. Improve the Accuracy of Your GPS with Differential GPS
61. Build a Map of Local GSM Cells
62. Build a Car Computer
63. Build Your Own Car Navigation System with GpsDrive
Chapter 6. Mapping on Your Desktop
64. Mapping Local Areas of Interest with Quantum GIS
65. Extract Data from Maps with Manifold
66. Java-Based Desktop Mapping with Openmap
67. Seamless Data Download from the USGS
68. Convert Geospatial Data Between Different Formats
69. Find Your Way Around GRASS
70. Import Your GPS Waypoints and Tracklogs into GRASS
71. Turn Your Tracklogs into ESRI Shapefiles
72. Add Relief to Your Topographic Maps
73. Make Your Own Contour Maps
74. Plot Wireless Network Viewsheds with GRASS
75. Share Your GRASS Maps with the World
76. Explore the Effects of Global Warming
77. Become a GRASS Ninja
Chapter 7. Names and Places
78. What to Do if Your Government Is Hoarding Geographic Data
79. Geocode a U.S. Street Address
80. Automatically Geocode U.S. Addresses
81. Clean Up U.S. Addresses
82. Find Nearby Things Using U.S. ZIP Codes
83. Map Numerical Data the Easy Way
84. Build a Free World Gazetteer
85. Geocode U.S. Locations with the GNIS
86. Track a Package Across the U.S.
Chapter 8. Building the Geospatial Web
87. Build a Spatially Indexed Data Store
88. Load Your Waypoints into a Spatial Database
89. Publish Your Geodata to the Web with GeoServer
90. Crawl the Geospatial Web with RedSpider
91. Build Interactive Web-Based Map Applications
92. Map Wardriving (and other!) Data with MapServer
Chapter 9. Mapping with Other People
93. Node Runner
94. Geo-Warchalking with 2-D Barcodes
95. Model Interactive Spaces
96. Share Geo-Photos on the Web
97. Set Up an OpenGuide for Your Hometown
98. Give Your Great-Great-Grandfather a GPS
99. Map Your Friend-of-a-Friend Network
100. Map Imaginary Places

Index