• Fundamental understanding of the main concepts for encoding, transmission and display of information for the world wide web, with a special focus on applications in cartography and geovisualization.
• Skills to independently design and implement basic web pages and online maps based on different base technologies (HTML/CSS, SVG, JavaScript mapping APIs, ...)
• Creation and adaption of cartographic and topical content for rendering in online mapping systems.

• Technological Foundations of the World Wide Web
• Encoding of Text, Data and Documents for the Web
• Introduction to base technologies for web maps: HTML, CSS, SVG, Mapping APIs
• Geodata for web mapping: formats and standards
• Outlook on current and future developments

Due to a shortage of resources we have to limit the capactiy of this course! If you are interested in taking the course, please register for the "waiting list" - if we get additional resources, we may be able to provide additional capacity. 

This class is operated in close context (topic, content, assignments, schedule) with the class 126.091 Multimedia Cartography. A registration for both classes is required.

Students will do 2 practical assignments and 1 final group project which are graded with points. For each group there will be one oral hand-in examination appointment to verify that all group members contributed to the solution. The overall grade is based on the total points for the assignments and hand-in examination.

Due to a shortage of resources we have to limit the capactiy of this course! If you are interested in taking the course, please register for the "waiting list" - if we get additional resources, we may be able to provide additional capacity.