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Developing GIS solutions with MapObjects and Visual Basic / Bruce A. Ralston.
Van Pelt Library G70.212 .R35 2002 1 v. + disc
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ralston, Bruce A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Visual Basic (Computer program language).
- Geographic information systems.
- Geographic information systems--Programming.
- Digital mapping.
- Maps--Databases.
- Maps.
- Genre:
- Databases.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
- Other Title:
- Developing GIS solutions with MapObjects and Visual Basic : learn to program GIS applications from the ground up
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, N.Y. : OnWord Press, 2002.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Access to the Internet; a web server (Windows platform: Microsoft Internet Information Server, Microsoft Peer Web Services, Microsoft Personal Web Server, Netscape Enterprise Server, or Netscape FastTrack; Unix platform: Netscape Enterprise Servier or Netscape FastTrack Server).
- text file
- Summary:
- This essential resource offers GIS professionals and students the programming skills to create state-of-the-art GIS applications using MapObjects and Visual Basic. Developing GIS Solutions with MapOjects and Visual Basic teaches GIS programming in a complete hands-on environment. This how-to manual provides instruction in how to use the latest version of the popular MapObjects ActiveX control from leading GIS application developer ESRI. Along the way, readers will gain a hands-on introduction to Visual Basic (VB) programming through practice VB programs utilizing MapObjects. GIS topics such as spatial selections, thematic mapping, overlays, map projections, and web-based GIS are all addressed and explored thoroughly using a blend of thought-provoking software design discussions, detailed examples, and carefully crafted exercises.
- Contents:
- Entering the VB/MO culture
- Using ActiveX controls
- Programming basics
- The MapObjects ActiveX control
- Managing map layers
- Toolbars and layer management
- Geometry, coordinates, and identifying features
- Rendering, Part 1: single symbols
- Rendering, Part 2: the unique-value map renderer
- The unique-value map renderer continued
- The quantile renderer
- Collections, classes, and advanced selections
- Web basics
- Serving maps on the Web: method 1
- Serving maps on the Web: method 2
- Buffering and overlay: Part 1
- On-the-fly projections
- Buffering and overlay: Part 2.
- CD-ROM. MO2 ; Utility ; Web ; Shapes.
- ISBN:
- 0766854388
- OCLC:
- 49341570
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