Dynamic and Interactive Cartography on the Web

This lecture introduces dynamic and interactive cartography on the internet, focusing on the influence of the web on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and exploring Web GIS. It covers client-server architectures, common port numbers, middleware, and examples of middleware like ODBC. The lecture also delves into HTML and CSS for web mapping, including elements like headers, paragraphs, images, and tables. It discusses the limitations of HTML and the role of JavaScript in enhancing web applications. Additionally, it presents open-source JavaScript libraries for GIS like OpenLayers, Leaflet, and Cesium, and provides a practical example of creating a web map using OpenLayers for the Seychelles islands.