Tile-Based Geospatial Information Systems

1. Introduction
John T. Sample, Elias Ioup

2. Logical Tile Schemes
John T. Sample, Elias Ioup

3. Tiled Mapping Clients
John T. Sample, Elias Ioup

4. Image Processing and Manipulation
John T. Sample, Elias Ioup

5. Image Tile Creation
John T. Sample, Elias Ioup

6. Optimization of Tile Creation
John T. Sample, Elias Ioup

7. Tile Storage
John T. Sample, Elias Ioup

8. Practical Tile Storage
John T. Sample, Elias Ioup

9. Tile Serving
John T. Sample, Elias Ioup

10. Map Projections
John T. Sample, Elias Ioup

11. Tile Creation using Vector Data
John T. Sample, Elias Ioup

12. Case Study: Tiles from Blue Marble Imagery
John T. Sample, Elias Ioup

13. Case Study: Supporting Multiple Tile Clients
John T. Sample, Elias Ioup

Keywords: Computer Science, Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet), Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Database Management, Information Storage and Retrieval, Computer Applications in Earth Sciences