A Web-Based Run-Length Encoded Map Generating System

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Ong, T., Leggett, J., Wilson, H. & Hatch, S. (2002). A Web-Based Run-Length Encoded Map Generating System. In P. Barker & S. Rebelsky (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2002 (pp. 1506-1507). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

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World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2002
Denver, Colorado, USA   2002
  Philip Barker & Samuel Rebelsky
AACE
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Teongjoo Ong, Center for the Study of Digital Libraries, Texas A&M University, USA; John Leggett, Texas A&M University, USA; Hugh Wilson, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, USA; Stephan Hatch, Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management,

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Maps, both simple and complex, are used to display information for educational and scientific purposes on a daily basis. The capability of generating web-based interactive maps by non-specialists and non-programmers is of great convenience. The map generating system described in this paper can handle any arbitrary map, including those with embedded and disjoined regions. The resulting web-based interactive maps can be used in many different applications requiring the color-coded display of quantitative data. In the Herbarium Specimen Browser application, we display plant species and taxonomic distributions for biology students and researchers on many maps including a county level map of Texas, a five state county level map, a North America map and a vegetational region map of Texas. All of these maps were generated with the mapping system described in this paper.

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