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With the recent advances in broadband and wireless communication technologies as well as the dramatic increase in Internet technology, it is promising to extend further the reach and range of GIS user working in offices and laboratories in the field or at home which would lead to the development of Internet GIS or Web-enabled GIS.
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Abdalla, R., Esmail, M. (2019). WebGIS Systems and Architectures. In: WebGIS for Disaster Management and Emergency Response. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03828-1_4
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