GI3702 Web GIS Syllabus:
GI3702 Web GIS Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
This course provides skills in learning a set of scripts and their applications for providing web based services using GIS technology
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO WEBGIS AND MARKUP LANGUAGE
Internet and GIS – Web GIS Architecture and Components – OGC standards: Web Services WMS, WFS, WCS, WPS – Open Server Standards – Protocols: HTTP, FTP, SMTP- Frontend & Backend programming –- Basic file formats (vector, raster) – JSON, GeoJSON- Real time applications
UNIT II HTML AND CSS
HTML: Introduction –HTML, XML, MHTML – HTML Elements – Formatting and Fonts – Anchors – Backgrounds – Images – Hyperlinks – Lists – Tables – Frames – HTML Forms – CSS: Introduction to CSS – Basic syntax and styles – Inline Styles – Embedding Style Sheets – Linking External Style Sheets – Margins and Padding – Positioning using CSS.
UNIT III JAVA SCRIPT
Data types and Variables – Operators, Expressions, and Statements -Functions – Objects – Array, Date and Math related Objects – Document Object Model – Event Handling – Controlling Windows & Frames and Documents – Form handling and validations.
UNIT IV PHP
Introduction – Programming basics – Print/echo – Variables and constants – Strings and Arrays – Operators, Control structures and looping structures – Functions – Reading Data in Web Pages – Embedding PHP within HTML – Establishing connectivity with database.
UNIT V GEOSERVER
Introduction – Web Administration – Geo server data directory –loading and working with data – shape file – Post GIS file – other web format data – styling the layers – services: WMS, WFS, WCS – security – demos and case studies on Geo server.
TOTAL:45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course, the student is expected to
CO1 Understand the concept web GIS and language
CO2 Understand the concept HTML
CO3 Understand the concept JAVA
CO4 Understand the concept PHP
CO5 Understand the concept Geoserver
REFERENCES:
1. Harvey M. Deitel, Deitel & Associates, Inc., Abbey Deitel, Deitel & Associates, Inc., “Internet and World Wide Web: How to Program”, 5th Edition, Pearson Publication, July 2021. ISBN: 9780137618279.
2. Thomas Powell, “HTML & CSS: The Complete Reference” Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2010 ISBN13: 978-0071496292
3. Thomas Powell, Fritz Schneider “JavaScript The Complete Reference” 3rd Edition, TATA McGraw Hill, 2013 ISBN-13: 9781259064685
4. Steven Holzner, “PHP: The Complete Reference” 1st Edition TATA McGraw Hill, 2008 ISBN: 9780070223622
5. Stefano Iacovella, Brian Youngblood ” GeoServer Beginner’s Guide” Packt Publishing 2013, ISBN-13: 978-1849516686, 2nd Revised Edition (2017).