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An open source Java web application to build self-contained web GIS sites

Journal

ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE
Volume 62, Issue -, Pages 210-220

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.08.029

Keywords

Web GIS; Open geospatial consortium; OpenLayers; GeoServer; ncWMS; GIS; NetCDF

Funding

  1. BP/The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative
  2. UNAM

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This work describes OWGIS, an open source Java web application that creates Web GIS sites by automatically writing HTML and JavaScript code. OWGIS is configured by XML files that define which layers (geographic datasets) will be displayed on the websites. This project uses several Open Geospatial Consortium standards to request data from typical map servers, such as GeoServer, and is also able to request data from ncWMS servers. The latter allows for the displaying of 4D data stored using the NetCDF file format (widely used for storing environmental model datasets). Some of the features available on the sites built with OWGIS are: multiple languages, animations, vertical profiles and vertical transects, color palettes, color ranges, and the ability to download data. OWGIS main users are scientists, such as oceanographers or climate scientists, who store their data in NetCDF files and want to analyze, visualize, share, or compare their data using a website. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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