PrefaceAcknowledgementsContributors IntroductionAdvances, challenges and future directions in web-based GIS, mapping services and applicationsSongnian Li, Bert Veenendaal & Suzana Dragicevic Analytical and geospatial servicesGeography 2.0—A mash-up perspectiveT. Edwin Chow GeoClustering: A web service for geospatial clusteringJing Wang, Xin Wang & Steve H.L. Liang Creating GIS simulation models on a TeraGrid-enabled geospatial web portal: A demonstration of geospatial cyberinfrastructureMing Hsiang Tsou & Ick-Hoi Kim An OGC Web Processing Service for automated interpolationJan Dürrfeld, Jochen Bisier & Edzer Pebesma GeoGlobe: A Virtual Globe for multi-source geospatial information integration and serviceJianya Gong, Longgang Xiang, Jin Chen, Peng Yue & Yi Liu Building web services for public sector information and the geospatial webDavid Pullar, David Torpie & Tim Barker PerformanceWebGIS performance issues and solutionsChaowei Yang, Huayi Wu, Qunying Huang, Zhenlong Li, Jing Li, Wenwen Li, Lizhi Miao & Min Sun Data reduction techniques for web and mobile GISMichela Bertolotto & Gavin McArdle A load balancing method to support spatial analysis in XML/GML/SVG-based WebGISHaosheng Huang, Yan Li & Georg Gartner Augmentation and location-based servicesGeolocating for web based geospatial applicationsBert Veenendaal, Jacob Delfos & Tele Tan The mobile web: Lessons from mobile augmented realitySylvie Daniel & Robin M. Harrap A survey on augmented maps and environments: Approaches, interactions and applicationsGerhard Schall, Johannes Schöning, Volker Paelke & Georg Gartner Collaboration and decision makingMap-chatting within the geospatial webG. Brent Hall & Michael G. Leahy Jump-starting the next level of online geospatial collaboration: Lessons from AfricaMapBenjamin Lewis & Weihe Guan A geospatial Web application to map observations and opinions in environmental planningClaus Rinner, Jyothi Kumari & Sepehr Mavedati Web-based collaboration and decision making in GIS-built virtual environmentsChristian Stock, Ian D. Bishop, Haohui Chen, Marcos Nino-Ruiz & Peter Wang Development and challenges of using web-based GIS for health applicationsSheng Gao, Darka Mioc, Xiaolun Yi, Harold Boley & François Anton Open standards for geospatial services OGC standards: Enabling the geospatial webCarl Reed Vector data formats in internet based geoservicesFranz-Josef Behr, Kai Holschuh, Detlev Wagner & Rita Zlotnikova Geospatial catalogue web/grid serviceAijun Chen & Liping Di Author indexKeyword index ISPRS Book Series