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The GIServer is an initiative from inovaGIS project that gives free
access to GIS functions through the Internet.
Its only necessary an Internet browser
(like Netscape)
with forms and, in the case
of VRML applications, the plug-in from
Cosmo Software
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The implementation of the GIServer consists
of ASP (Active Server Pages) and CGI
(Common Gateway Interface) to access Geographic
data and functions in the WWW. It uses the inovaGIS
(the new version 2.0) automation objects server in
combination with the Microsoft HTTP Server (Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 if you use Windows NT, or the Personal Web Server if you use Windows95/98)
to generate dynamic pages that in the end will
behave like a desktop GIS.
The data can be located in various servers or locally,
and the user can choose from a list of online servers
where the data should be processed.
The user queries the data and
retrives HTML pages with the result in text, numeric
and pictorial (JPEG's and GIF's) format.
The GIServer gives the user access to a remote
Geographic Information System with various data sets
and functions.
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For more information about go to the GIServer tutorial.
If you want to be a part of the GIServer computer network to process geographic information
just send an email to inovaGIS.
You must have access to NT machine where you can install the Microsoft Internet Information
Server 4.0, permissions to register objects and to execute CGI's.
Check out several examples of GIServer projects:
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