LAND USER AND LAND COVER MAPS OF EUROPE: A WEBGIS PLATFORM
This paper presents the methods and implementation processes of a WebGIS platform designed to publish the available land use and land cover maps of Europe at continental scale. The system is built completely on open source infrastructure and open standards. The proposed architecture is based on a...
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doaj-57df04f5fea7478195b15859e378c3b82020-11-25T00:56:00ZengCopernicus PublicationsThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences1682-17502194-90342016-06-01XLI-B791391710.5194/isprs-archives-XLI-B7-913-2016LAND USER AND LAND COVER MAPS OF EUROPE: A WEBGIS PLATFORMM. A. Brovelli0F. C. Fahl1M. Minghini2M. E. Molinari3Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Como Campus, Via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como, ItalyDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Como Campus, Via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como, ItalyDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Como Campus, Via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como, ItalyDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Como Campus, Via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como, ItalyThis paper presents the methods and implementation processes of a WebGIS platform designed to publish the available land use and land cover maps of Europe at continental scale. The system is built completely on open source infrastructure and open standards. The proposed architecture is based on a server-client model having GeoServer as the map server, Leaflet as the client-side mapping library and the Bootstrap framework at the core of the front-end user interface. The web user interface is designed to have typical features of a desktop GIS (e.g. activate/deactivate layers and order layers by drag and drop actions) and to show specific information on the activated layers (e.g. legend and simplified metadata). Users have the possibility to change the base map from a given list of map providers (e.g. OpenStreetMap and Microsoft Bing) and to control the opacity of each layer to facilitate the comparison with both other land cover layers and the underlying base map. In addition, users can add to the platform any custom layer available through a Web Map Service (WMS) and activate the visualization of photos from popular photo sharing services. This last functionality is provided in order to have a visual assessment of the available land coverages based on other user-generated contents available on the Internet. It is supposed to be a first step towards a calibration/validation service that will be made available in the future.https://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XLI-B7/913/2016/isprs-archives-XLI-B7-913-2016.pdf |
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M. A. Brovelli F. C. Fahl M. Minghini M. E. Molinari LAND USER AND LAND COVER MAPS OF EUROPE: A WEBGIS PLATFORM The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
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LAND USER AND LAND COVER MAPS OF EUROPE: A WEBGIS PLATFORM |
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LAND USER AND LAND COVER MAPS OF EUROPE: A WEBGIS PLATFORM |
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LAND USER AND LAND COVER MAPS OF EUROPE: A WEBGIS PLATFORM |
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LAND USER AND LAND COVER MAPS OF EUROPE: A WEBGIS PLATFORM |
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LAND USER AND LAND COVER MAPS OF EUROPE: A WEBGIS PLATFORM |
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land user and land cover maps of europe: a webgis platform |
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The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
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This paper presents the methods and implementation processes of a WebGIS platform designed to publish the available land use and
land cover maps of Europe at continental scale. The system is built completely on open source infrastructure and open standards. The
proposed architecture is based on a server-client model having GeoServer as the map server, Leaflet as the client-side mapping
library and the Bootstrap framework at the core of the front-end user interface. The web user interface is designed to have typical
features of a desktop GIS (e.g. activate/deactivate layers and order layers by drag and drop actions) and to show specific information
on the activated layers (e.g. legend and simplified metadata). Users have the possibility to change the base map from a given list of
map providers (e.g. OpenStreetMap and Microsoft Bing) and to control the opacity of each layer to facilitate the comparison with
both other land cover layers and the underlying base map. In addition, users can add to the platform any custom layer available
through a Web Map Service (WMS) and activate the visualization of photos from popular photo sharing services. This last
functionality is provided in order to have a visual assessment of the available land coverages based on other user-generated contents
available on the Internet. It is supposed to be a first step towards a calibration/validation service that will be made available in the
future. |
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