The maps portal of the Geological Survey of Israel: Progress report on new technologies for publishing maps to the web

Keywords: GIS, Geology, Map
Session Type: Virtual Guided Poster Abstract
Day: Monday
Session Start / End Time: 2/28/2022 11:20 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) - 2/28/2022 12:40 PM (Eastern Time (US & Canada))
Room: Virtual 49

Abstract

Web maps and Web map applications are part of our everyday life, in our computers and tablets, in our cellphones, and even in our cars. As far as using geological maps go, there are still traditionalists who prefer paper but more and more geologists and geographers, when going into the field, replace their paper maps and their paper field notebooks with applications on their laptop or tablet. New technologies allow much more than the ability to glance over a digital image on a computer. Web applications now allow identification of features, processing and filtering of data, image enhancement and the ability to edit the master files on a server from the field via the web. These new features are destined to become the normal way of working with maps in the field and the ability to update maps instantaneously via the source files on a server has uses in data management whose potential has yet to be realized.
Our poster graphically depicts how data is stored on a server as a web map, which is then published via the web as a web application with multiple functions enabling remote processing and editing using a standard web browser from any place where the internet is accessible. If no internet connection is available offline maps can be edited and then synchronized with the original later. The poster also displays a series of new applications and their specific tools developed locally in the Geological Survey of Israel.