Preface
As in every other computer-related field, the Web has also become a determining factor in GIS. In this new trend, with some client-based knowledge, we can easily publish our maps and layers on the Web. However, as technology rapidly develops, we can now perform some more serious GIS-related work on the Web as well. With enough browser capabilities and client-side computational power, an even newer trend has emerged from the Web-based GIS world: WebGIS. This new trend researches the possibilities of deploying powerful GIS applications on the Web, making the most general workflows of a spatial analyst possible on a browser in a platform-independent manner.
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