Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are specialized systems used for collecting, processing, and presenting geographical data. With the development of the Internet, WEBGIS has emerged, which refers to GIS systems utilizing web technologies. A challenge for WEBGIS system developers is the presentation of data to the user. Pure HTML is insufficient, and applications created using popular technologies such as JavaServer Faces are difficult to implement and inefficient in operation.This article examines the possibility of simplifying the user interface creation process in WEBGIS systems by using GWT (Google Web Toolkit) and presents the advantages and disadvantages of this solution.
AIDING THE CREATION OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL GIS WEB APPLICATIONS BY USAGE OF GOOGLE WEB TOOLKIT
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are specialized systems that capture, store, analyze and present geographical data. Along with the Internet evolution, WEBGIS has been created. WEBGIS are the Geographic Information Systems that use web technologies.
One of the WEBGIS developers’ problems is a data presentation. Pure HTML is not enough, on the other hand applications that are created with popular web technologies like
JavaServerFaces are difficult in implementation and ineffective in runtime.
This paper checks if process of WEBGIS user interface creation can be simplified by the usage of GWT (Google Web Toolkit). Advantages and disadvantages of this solution are also described. (…)
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Source: Logistyka Magazine