June 2005
Intermediate to advanced
568 pages
24h 7m
English
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Index | 525
WKT (Well Known Text), 509
WMS (Web Map Service), 435
GeoServer, in, 452
RedSpider client, 454
World Files, 158
World Game, xxxi
World Wind application, 106–110
data sets, 107–109
download and installation, 106
Lewis and Clark expedition
interactive features, 109
navigation, 106
worldKit, 175
configuring to display
thumbnails, 176
earthquakes, mapping
with, 191–195
WWMX, 484
X
xplanet, 161
Z
ZIP codes
free databases, 414
geolocation using, 413–417
ZIP*Data, 414
zoom-in, zoom-out automation
script, 61–64
zoom.pl, 62
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