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Composite geographic information systems web application; Web application hybrids
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A mashup is an online application or web site that seamlessly combines content from several sources. Geographic information systems (GIS) mashups typically combine spatial data and maps from several web sources to produce composite thematic maps.
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Mashup is an approach to creating composite dynamic web sites that has quickly gained popularity due to the proliferation of reliable online sources of maps, web feeds, and other content that can be accessed via relatively simple published interfaces (APIs). Online maps and GIS services available through Google, Windows Live, and Yahoo APIs, among others, can be combined with real time traffic information, weather information, various third party databases, blogs, information feeds, search engines, forums, etc. Mashups are also thought of as “Web 2.0 applications”, a somewhat hyped notion of a next generation internet application...
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Zaslavsky, I. (2008). GIS Mashups. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_530
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