After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

– Understand the basics of database and spatial database – Work with PostgreSQL and PostGIS, create SQL queries – Understand web services and open standards (WMS, WFS, WCS, WPS, SLD, GML) – Work with GeoServer to publish spatial data on the web

   1. Introduction, overview, information systems, cartographic information systems

   2. Database, SQL, PostgreSQL 

   3. Spatial database, SQL, PostGIS

   4. Web services, open standards for web mapping (GML, WMS, WFS, WCS, SLD)

   5. Open Data

   6. Open solutions for web mapping, GeoServer

Theoretical lectures and a basic introduction to a software is provided

Dates will be published at the first class and also in TUWEL.

4 mandatory assignments have to be successfully completed.

Plagiarism will not be tolerated in any form.

at TISS

Only a limited number of places are available for this course. This course is compulsory for "066 200 Cartography". For the remaining seats priority will be given to the study programmes "066 421 Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering" and "066 464 Geomatics Engineering and Cartography". If you are from one of the above programmes, you have to send me an email with your student number please, and if there are places available I would add you to the class manually.

>> francisco.porras.bernardez@tuwien.ac.at <<

Previous familiarity with XML and QGIS would be useful