1. Databases and Web Mapping the Open Source Way
Open Source GIS Masterclass, Lancaster University
January 2010
Jo Cook
OA Digital
j.cook@oadigital.net
01524 880212
4. Databases
+
www.postgresql.org
postgis.refractions.net
● Serverbased database (not like access)
● Enterpriselevel, with support for
transactions and multiple users
5. How to connect to a database
● HOST: localhost, 192.168.3.40, myserver.com
● DATABASE
● USERNAME
● PASSWORD
● PORT: Usually 5432
7. Getting spatial data into PostgreSQL
● OGR2OGR
● SHP2PGSQL
Syntax:
$shp2pgsql /location/of/file.shp tablename
s coordinate system W latin1 | psql d
database U username W h host p
port
8. Querying data
● SQL: Structured Query Language
SELECT some comma delimited columns
FROM your_table WHERE some
condition is met;
● Use PSQL from command line or
PgAdmin3
9. Spatial Querying
● Find out which county a point is in:
SELECT name_2 FROM tblcounties WHERE
st_within(geomfromtext('point(1.3 54.26)',
4326), the_geom);
● Find out which counties border
Lancashire:
SELECT a.name_2 FROM tblcounties a,
tblcounties b WHERE b.name_2='Lancashire'
AND a.the_geom && b.the_geom;
11. Types of Map Server
● Minnesota Map Server (aka Mapserver)
cgi program on a web server.
Configuration via text files
● Geoserver
javabased program. Configuration via
web interface
17. Scripting
● SERVERSIDE:
php, asp
● CLIENTSIDE:
javascript
18. And finally...Web Mapping
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://www.openlayers.org/api/OpenLayers.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var map;
function init() {
map = new OpenLayers.Map('map');
mylayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.MapServer( "World Map",
"http://localhost/cgibin/mapserv.exe",
{map: 'C:/world_mapfile.map'});
map.addLayer(mylayer);
map.zoomToMaxExtent();
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="init()">
<div id="map" style="width: 600px; height: 300px"></div>
</body>
</html>
19. Base Mapping and Map Controls
● Can use base data from Google,
Microsoft, Yahoo, Openstreetmap etc,
but may need to reproject to EPSG
900913 (spherical mercator)
● Can add map controls such as layer
switchers, coordinates, reference maps
and so on
21. And Finally...
Open Source Web Mapping is Great Fun!!!
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