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Tiled Vectors: A Method for Vector Transmission over the Web

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Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems (W2GIS 2009)

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Transmitting vector data over the Web is a challenging issue. Existing methods for vector delivery over the Web focus on progressive transmission techniques. Long standing problems in the formalization of dynamic generalization and the time needed for complex algorithms does not allow their implementation in real life applications. We propose a new method for data transmission over the Web based on tiles. We show that in client-server architecture the coordination of all involved parts can create an efficient way to transmit vectors. We describe the methodology of how we can implement the successful for raster data, tile-based method to tackle the particularities of vector data transmission.

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  1. Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, University College London, Gower St., WC1E 6BT, London, UK

    Vyron Antoniou & Mordechai (Muki) Haklay

  2. Centre for Geospatial Science, University of Nottingham, University Park, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK

    Jeremy Morley

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  1. Digital Media Centre, Dublin Institute of Technology, DIT, Aungier Street, 2, Dublin, Ireland

    James D. Carswell

  2. National Centre for Geocomputation, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co., John Hume Building, Kildare, Ireland

    A. Stewart Fotheringham

  3. School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin, 4, Dublin, Belfield, Ireland

    Gavin McArdle

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Antoniou, V., Morley, J., Haklay, M.(. (2009). Tiled Vectors: A Method for Vector Transmission over the Web. In: Carswell, J.D., Fotheringham, A.S., McArdle, G. (eds) Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems. W2GIS 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5886. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10601-9_5

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