Mark Rop

Document Type

Thesis - University Access Only

Award Date

2011

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department / School

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Abstract

The increasing availability of geospatial datasets, software, and analysis tools has resulted in the expanded use of maps in the field of public health. Web-based mapping has the potential to greatly enhance the accessibility of these maps and other public health data to health practitioners and the general public. Presently there is a need for a well-organized web atlas to disseminate these datasets and a way to manage the contents without requiring knowledge in web design or development. Framework of Web Atlas (FW A) is a novel framework for developing interactive web atlas applications. In this research, we focus on the design of a reusable architecture of the FWA that makes it flexible and extensible to build applications which support organizing, managing, and providing access to large amount of dataset to the public health and customizable to specific applications. We use a methodology of applying commonality and variability analysis, hot spots and frozen spots systems, and design patterns into the design of the framework architecture. We implement the FWA and then construct two real world web atlas applications, EASTWeb web atlas and SunGrant web atlas, which extend from the FWA framework as a means of case study. With these two applications we demonstrate that the FWA effectively facilitates the construction and maintenance of web atlas applications and is flexible to be extended into building applications in similar problem domains.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Digital mapping

Computer architecture

Application software -- Development

Format

application/pdf

Number of Pages

78

Publisher

South Dakota State University

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