The development of a Java based GIS viewing tool : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Technology in Information Engineering at Massey University

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dc.contributor.authorMaguire, James
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-26T23:47:55Z
dc.date.available2017-09-26T23:47:55Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.description.abstractGeographic Information Systems (GIS) industry sources quote the ratio of power users to casual users at 1000:1, within New Zealand this figure has been found to be 30:1. The casual user is often under-supported, with slow and cumbersome viewing tools. This project implements a full data download system in Java for use with Genasys (New Zealand) GIS software. Three components were developed; a vector data handler, an image download system, and a database client. These components were integrated to form a powerful client that offered a significant performance increase over the "server based" client. The image download system outperformed the "server based" client by over 400%. The vector data handler outperformed the "server based" client by over 50%, while the database client was over 250% quicker. GIS users rated all components to be of significant benefit, offering improved performance over their current GIS viewing tools. The work completed in this thesis provides Genasys (New Zealand) a useful tool to enable powerful, fast and stable Java based GIS viewing clients. Keywords: GIS, Java, computer graphics, image pyramid.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/12025
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectGeographic information systemsen_US
dc.subjectData processingen_US
dc.subjectComputer programsen_US
dc.subjectJava (Computer program language)en_US
dc.titleThe development of a Java based GIS viewing tool : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Technology in Information Engineering at Massey Universityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorMaguire, James
thesis.degree.disciplineInformation Engineeringen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Technology (M. Tech.)en_US
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