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GeoBrowser deployment in the USDA forest service: a case study

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Web mapping technology has revolutionized the way we distribute and interact with geospatial information. With minimal software and a PC, users can now dynamically interact with map displays and discover relationships in map data that previously required expensive software and expertise. Land management agencies produce many geospatial datasets in the course of their activities and research. Web-based GeoBrowsers are an effective way to expose these datasets. In this paper we describe our efforts to meet a mission goal of the USDA Forest Service Western Wildland Environmental Threat Center (WWETAC) by creating a system where users can explore multiple threats (insects and disease, fire hazard, etc) in a dynamic map display. Users can access this system from the WWETAC web site which is here: www.fs.fed.us\wwetac.

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COM.Geo '10: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference and Exhibition on Computing for Geospatial Research & Application
June 2010
274 pages
ISBN:9781450300315
DOI:10.1145/1823854
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  1. ArcGIS® server
  2. ESRI®
  3. GeoServer
  4. Javascript
  5. OGC
  6. USDA forest service
  7. WMS
  8. web map

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