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What is a geospatial mashup?
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.
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.
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?
What type of mashup requires professional programming tools and complex server-side programming?
What has greatly reduced the complexity of integrating multiple web resources in mashups?
What has greatly reduced the complexity of integrating multiple web resources in mashups?
Where are mashups predominantly accomplished today?
Where are mashups predominantly accomplished today?
What is the goal of a geo-mashup?
What is the goal of a geo-mashup?
How do geo-mashups enhance user experience?
How do geo-mashups enhance user experience?
What distinguishes a server-side mashup from a browser-side mashup?
What distinguishes a server-side mashup from a browser-side mashup?
Give an example of a professional GIS company that may work on complex mashup projects.
Give an example of a professional GIS company that may work on complex mashup projects.
