A WebML-based Visual Language for the Development of Web GIS Applications

Author

Martino, S. Di ; Ferrucci, F. ; Paolino, L. ; Sebillo, M. ; Vitiello, G. ; Avagliano, G.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Salerno, Fisciano

fYear

2007

fDate

23-27 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

209

Lastpage

214

Abstract

In the present paper, we propose a visual language meant to support the design of Web GIS applications. The proposal is based on the observation that Web GIS can be considered as a particular class of data- intensive Web applications, since they are mainly devoted to handle (spatial) information to and from the user. The success of WebML (Web Modeling Language) for designing traditional data-intensive Web applications suggested us to extend this visual formalism to model relevant interaction and navigation operations typical of Web GIS. The proposed extension consists of a set of content units specifically tailored for GIS concepts and tasks.

Keywords

Internet; geographic information systems; specification languages; visual languages; Web GIS applications; Web GIS design; Web Modeling Language; WebML-based visual language; Application software; Data analysis; Geographic Information Systems; Information analysis; Information systems; Navigation; Programming; Proposals; Software systems; Urban planning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, 2007. VL/HCC 2007. IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Coeur d´Alene, ID

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-2987-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VLHCC.2007.53

Filename

4351350