1. Sue Bergeron Jesse Rouse Dept of Geology and Geography West Virginia University GIS for Everyone? The Growth of the Geospatial Web

2. What is the Geospatial Web? Web 2.0 –AJAX & ATLAS Web Services –XML driven data and processing Web-based mapping –Commercial and OpenSource Collaborative mapping –Mash-ups

3. The basis of the Geospatial Web History –MapQuest, IMS, WebMap, MapServer Today (2005) –Where 2.0 Introduction of mapping applications Mash-Ups –Ambient Findability (2005) Links information science and geospatial tech

4. Beyond data capture Now moving to greater data access Information for the masses Open ‘commercial’ access to global, often high resolution, information –Google Earth –Google Local –Virtual Earth –Yahoo! Maps

5. Web 2.0 mapping sites Shared features –Free, ‘easy-to-use’ API –Collaborative mapping/Mash-ups Google Maps –First in market with hybrid (road and raster) Virtual Earth –MapCruncher Yahoo! Maps –Flash and AJAX interfaces

9. Web Services Services-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Client-server schema Services can support –Data access, processing, analysis Geoprocessing services turn IMS to IGS –ArcGIS Server –OGC Geo Processing Workflow (GPW)

10. Digital globe initiatives Google Earth –KeyHole World Wind –Punt Leica Virtual Environment ArcGIS Explorer ArcScene ArcGlobe Scientific use of Virtual Globes conferences

15. Immersive Environments Virtual Worlds –Second Life Metaverse Roadmap –“What happens when video games meet Web 2.0? When virtual worlds meet geospatial maps of the planet? When simulations get real and life and business go virtual? When your avatar becomes your blog, your desktop, and your online agent? What happens is the metaverse”

19. Geospatial Semantic Web Semantic web attempts to create a universal schema for information exchange The Geospatial Semantic Web seeks to develop schema to support spatial information exchange OCG’s GSW Interoperability Experiment

20. GIS for everyone? The geospatial web is: –moving the idea of mapping forward New map makers creating mash-ups –broadening the user-base of geospatial info –repositioning the balance of geospatial tech Traditional industry leaders are pressed to keep up with new trends The trend is toward mapping for everyone –GIS will remain professionally driven