DESIGN OF A NEW WEBGIS SYSTEM BASED ON XML

ITC/USA 2005 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-First Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 24-27, 2005 / Riviera Hotel & Convention Center, Las Vegas, NevadaWith the development of Internet and the urgent need for GIS (Geographic Information System), XML (eXtensible Markup Language) provides a powerful new way for new web application. This paper makes a research on the application of SVG based on XML in the WebGIS (World Wide Web Geographical Information System). In this paper, the characteristics of XML are illuminated in short; the application of XML in WebGIS is discussed and the features of SVG and its usage with XML are presented; a design of SVG based on XML in the WebGIS system is given.International Foundation for TelemeteringProceedings from the International Telemetering Conference are made available by the International Foundation for Telemetering and the University of Arizona Libraries. Visit http://www.telemetry.org/index.php/contact-us if you have questions about items in this collection