Web Information System Platforms for Publishing Spatial Data

  • Authors:
  • Crescenzio Gallo;Franco Malatacca;Angelo Fratello

  • Affiliations:
  • Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy;Morningstar Italia, Milano, Italy;Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Web Portals
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

The best tools to manage the exchange of information and services between heterogeneous subjects through new technological tools with particular reference to information systems are certainly the Web-based information systems. Leveraging the infrastructure of the Web, these systems may be able to handle multimedia data, to perform distributed and cooperative applications based on service, in addition to customizing applications and related data. This paper provides an overview on Web Information Systems with particular reference to GIS, presenting a description of the usage scenarios and a comparison between two significant platform for publishing spatial data.