Introduction Geographic Information Systems GIS and Object-Oriented Technology A Brief Primer on the Nature of GIS The Rise of the Internet Overview of the Book GIS and the Internet The Advantages of Online GIS Considerations when Deploying over the Internet The Evolution of Online GIS Interactive Online GIS The Rise of Online Data Warehouses Differences Between Stand-Alone and Online GIS Options for Implementing Online GIS Summary and Outlook Server-Side GIS Operations Web Servers Server Software Server Processing Forms and Image Fields Processing Scripts and Tools Online Map Building Implementing Geographic Queries Summary and Outlook Client-Side GIS Operations Introduction Image Maps Use of JavaScript in Client-Side Operations AJAX: Dynamic Web Page Updating Cookies Interactive Graphics Application Programming Interfaces Examples Summary and Outlook Introduction to Markup Markup Languages XML: Structural Ideas HTML 5 XML Namespaces XML Schema XQuery: The XML Query Language XQuery Grammar FLWOR: XQuery Expressions The Future of XML Summary and Outlook XML and Online GIS XML Implementations GPX Schema KML (Keyhole Markup Language) GML: Geographic Markup Language LandXML Summary and Outlook Appendix: Picnic Schema Appendix: Application Schema for the River Scene Information Networks Introduction What Is an Information Network? What Can Information Networks Do? The Organisation of Information Networks Issues Associated with Information Networks Information Networks in Practice Summary and Outlook Metadata on the Web Introduction Dublin Core JSON Protocol for Data Interchange PICS and POWDER Resource Description Framework (RDF) Querying RDF: SPARQL XML Signatures Summary and Outlook SDI Metadata Portals and Online GIS Introduction Geospatial Metadata Standards Metadata Standards: The Gory Details Prominent Metadata Standards Spatial Data Infrastructure and Metadata Portals Examples of Online SDI Metadata Portals Metadata Standards and the Future of SDI and Online GIS Summary and Outlook Appendix: Simplified Schemas Data Warehouses What Is a Data Warehouse? Geographic Data Warehouses Data Warehouse Architectures Database Processing Models Considerations when Building Data Warehouses Data Warehouse Organisation and Operation Data Warehouse Examples Common Publication Standards for Online GIS Warehouses Intelligent Systems Data Mining The Future of Geographic Data Warehouses Summary and Outlook GIS Anytime, Anywhere Mobile GIS Mobile GIS and Business Regulations Governing Mobile Implementations Technology and Implementation of Mobile Apps Mobile Security Future Proofing Mobile Development Summary and Outlook Location-Based Services What Are Location-Based Services? How Do LBS Work? What Are Application Domains for LBS? What Is the Future of LBS? Summary and Outlook Future Directions of Online GIS Realisation of a Global GIS Future Benefits of Online GIS Systems Online GIS Organisational Trends Online GIS Technology Trends Virtual Worlds Envoi (Online GIS) Summary and Outlook Glossary Bibliography.