Mobile GIS and Mapping Applications with Leaflet
What you'll learn
- Students will learn to format web mapping applications to deal with small screens, touch screens, and screens of varying sizes. They will also learn how to take advantage of the GPS sensor on mobile devices, store data on board, create an application cache so the application can be loaded off-line, and create custom base maps that can be used off-line.
Requirements
- This course builds on the knowledge learned in two previous courses "Introduction to Web Programming for GIS Applications" and "Display and Analyze GIS Applications on the Web with Leaflet". If you are familiar with leaflet and with JavaScript, you may be able to follow without having taken the pre-requisites but that level of knowledge will be assumed.
Description
This course is focused on designing web-based mapping applications for mobile devices. I start with an example of a desktop app showing the course of a trail ultramaraton with aid stations, elevation profiles, etc. Then we modify some formatting to deal with issues arising from small screens, add the ability to track the user automatically with the devices GPS, and add the ability to use it off-line in all situations.
Who this course is for:
- GIS analysts and/or web developers who are interested in learning how to create web applications that are designed for mobile devices and take advantage of the capabilities of those devices.
Instructor
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I have been programming and working with database applications for over 30 years, and specializing in geospatial applications for over 20 years. I am a believer in the 80/20 pareto principle which suggests that you only need to understand 20% of a subject in order to do 80% of your work. My goal in all my courses is to teach at the level of that 20% sweet spot and to provide my students with the background and the tools they need to learn the rest of what they need on their own.