California State University San Bernardino
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Masters Project Presentation

Date 2/12/2009

Time 10:00AM~11:00PM

Place JB 359

Title INTEGRATION OF MAPPING WEB SERVICES AND SCALABLE VECTOR GRAPHICS

Candidate Suneetha Chinamuthevi

Advisor Dr. Richard Botting

Committee Members Dr. George M. Georgiou Dr. Ernesto Gomez

Abstract
The purpose of this Master's Project was to develop a web based application
integrating mapping web services and SVG (Scalar Vector Graphics). This 
project helps a user locate a set of addresses anywhere in the United 
States on a map. The underlying mapping and address locator software 
systems are very complex, requires large data sets and updates on regular 
basis. The web services technology encapsulates these complexities and 
exposes the required functionality in a secure manner over the internet. 
The main stream mapping websites such Google and Yahoo provides the ability
to enter one address at a time interactively, but can't upload a file with
multiple addresses. Also, their cartography is predefined; there is no 
ability to change color and sizes. There are several commercial desktop 
software packages are available to address this complex cartographic 
functionality. However, SVG (Scalar Vector Graphics) royalty free vendor 
neutral software provides very rich cartographic functions in a web browser
environment. An attempt was made to integrate mapping Web Services and SVG
to enable the user to upload the address data using the Web browser, locate
them on map with a specified color and size.