10 Questions
What is a geospatial mashup?
A genre of interactive web applications that seamlessly integrate content retrieved from diverse web-based resources to create innovative applications.
Define a mashup in the context of web applications.
A web page or application that dynamically combines contents or functions from multiple websites.
Give an example of a geo-mashup website.
Housing map website (www.housingmaps.com) which combines housing information from Craiglist and Google Maps.
What type of mashup requires professional programming tools and complex server-side programming?
Server-side mashup.
What has greatly reduced the complexity of integrating multiple web resources in mashups?
Browser-side APIs.
Where are mashups predominantly accomplished today?
On the browser side.
What is the goal of a geo-mashup?
To combine georeferenced content or functions with other data sources.
How do geo-mashups enhance user experience?
By allowing users to see spatially relevant information in a visually appealing way.
What distinguishes a server-side mashup from a browser-side mashup?
Server-side mashups require more powerful hardware and software, as well as professional programming tools.
Give an example of a professional GIS company that may work on complex mashup projects.
Esri.
Learn about evaluating web resources using geoportals or web portals based on quality, usefulness for the project, programming interfaces, and work load required. Understand how to publish your own contents and functions when needed and organize them into base maps, operational layers, and tools. Discover methods for implementing applications through configuration or programming.
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