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Q:
Can I publish political
maps, polling place maps, event maps, and other maps and data on the
Internet or my intranet?
A:
There are two
ways you can publish maps and data on the Internet and your
intranet. The simplest way is to save your Maptitude maps, tables,
figures, and layouts as JPEG files, which you can add to your HTML
web pages. A better way is to create interactive web applications
where the user can zoom the map to any location and display the
relevant information. Caliper has an easy-to-use and cost-effective
solution called Maptitude for the Web.
Maptitude for
the Web is a special edition of Maptitude® Geographic Information
System (GIS) for Windows. Maptitude for the Web includes all of the
regular capabilities of Maptitude, plus special capabilities that
make it easy to design, test and publish interactive map
applications on your web site.
Web
applications are created from a Maptitude map and a Mapplication®
(application template). Maptitude for the Web provides a special
user interface that lets you combine a Maptitude map with a
Mapplication to create a dynamic web application. Maptitude for the
Web applications can be implemented as independent, interactive map
applications, or they can be embedded within an existing web
application to support end-user mapping requirements. Once created,
Maptitude for the Web applications can be published on a server to
be accessed by users on your organization’s intranet or on the World
Wide Web.
We used
Maptitude for the Web to create a web site that displays information
about U.S. Congressional Districts. Click
www.caliper.com/congress to go to the site. Use the zoom and pan
tools or enter an address, city, state, or ZIP code to display a
desired location. Then use the info tool to obtain information about
the Congressional district at that location.
You can find
detailed information about Maptitude for the Web at
http://www.caliper.com/webmaptitude.htm.
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