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The Internet and web-based technology has dramatically influenced the access to and dissemination of information among communities, locally and globally. This is no less true in the domain of geographic information systems (GIS) which have traditionally been constrained in terms of information access and the communities that use them. Geospatial data has traditionally been captured and managed within individual and separate organizational databases with access by a limited number of expert users. Now, with the integrated use of the web, not just geospatial data, but also the functionality of GIS can be accessed globally by citizens and non-experts.

“Thanks to ... a range of Web-based services, the average citizen is able to be a consumer and a producer (aprosumer) of geographic information.” Michael Goodchild et al. (2012)

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Prof. Bert Veenendaal of the Department of Spatial Sciences, Curtin University

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Notes

  1. 1.

    http://www.earth.google.com

  2. 2.

    http://developers.google.com

  3. 3.

    https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/speedometer-free-speed-limit/id557871911?mt=8

  4. 4.

    http://www.urbanspoon.com/mobile-downloads

  5. 5.

    http://www.sunseeker.com/iappint.php

  6. 6.

    http://runkeeper.com

  7. 7.

    http://my.pinkfroot.com/page/plane-finder-ar-track-live

  8. 8.

    https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/find-my-iphone/id376101648?mt=8

  9. 9.

    http://www.ushahidi.com

  10. 10.

    http://blog.ushahidi.com/2011/03/16/crisis-mapping-japans-earthquake-and-how-you-can-help

  11. 11.

    http://www.banffmaps.ca

  12. 12.

    http://www.arcgis.com/home

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  1. Department of Spatial Sciences, Curtin University of Technology, P.O. Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia

    Joseph L. Awange

  2. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Joseph L. Awange

  3. Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Joseph L. Awange

  4. School of Environment, Maseno University, Kisumu, Kenya

    Joseph L. Awange

  5. Geospatial and Space Technology, University of Nairobi, Harry Thuku Way, Nairobi, 30197, Kenya

    John B. Kyalo Kiema

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Awange, J.L., Kyalo Kiema, J.B. (2013). Web GIS and Mapping. In: Environmental Geoinformatics. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34085-7_18

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