DEVELOPMENT OF 3D WEB GIS APPLICATION WITH OPEN SOURCE LIBRARY

Year 2018, Volume: 6, 818 - 824, 31.12.2018

Muhammed Oguzhan Mete Dogus Guler Tahsin Yomralıoglu

https://doi.org/10.15317/Scitech.2018.171

Abstract

Today, thanks to the internet connection, the borders are disappearing and accessing information is more comfortable. Besides desktop applications, number of web-based applications which instant changes can be seen by all users are increasing day by day. The diversity of web-based applications that are currently used in presenting spatial information to users is also progressing. Using open source libraries, developers can develop web applications for their own purposes. Three dimensional (3D) visualization on the web is a commonly used approach in geographic information systems (GIS) applications. In this article, a 3D web application is developed using Cesium open source javascript library. Vector data layers containing attribute data on global, country and city scales are visualized on the web application. Moreover, raster data layers which produced in other projects like GIS-based land valuation application is also visualized in three dimension. It is pointed out that the output products obtained from different studies can be accessed and visualized through the web browser without installing an additional program or add-ons on the users' computers.

Keywords

Cesium, Geographic information systems, GIS, Javascript, Open source library, WebGL, 3D

Açık Kaynak Kodlu Kütüphane İle 3B Web CBS Uygulaması Geliştirilmesi

Abstract

Günümüzde internet sayesinde sınırlar ve engeller ortadan kalkmış ve bilgiye erişim kolay hale gelmiştir. Masaüstü uygulamalarnın yanısıra, tüm kullanıcılar tarafından anlık değişikliklerin görülebildiği web tabanlı uygulamaların sayısı gün geçtikçe artmaktadır. Mekânsal bilgilerin kullanıcılara sunulduğu çeşitli web tabanlı uygulamalar da yaygınlaşmaktadır. Açık kaynak kütüphanelerini kullanarak geliştiriciler amaca göre web uygulamaları geliştirebilmektedirler. Web tabanlı üç boyutlu (3B) görselleştirme, coğrafi bilgi sistemleri (CBS) uygulamalarında yaygın olarak kullanılan bir yöntemdir. Bu makalede, açık kaynaklı javascript kütüphanesi Cesium kullanılarak 3B web CBS uygulaması geliştirilmiştir. Web uygulamasında global, ülke ve şehir ölçeklerinde öznitelik bilgileri içeren vektör veri katmanları görselleştirilmiştir. Ayrıca en uygun yer seçimi ve CBS ile taşınmaz değerleme gibi farklı projeler sonucunda üretilen raster veri katmanları da üç boyutlu olarak görselleştirilmiştir. Kullanıcıların, farklı çalışmalardan elde edilen çıktı ürünlerine bilgisayarına ek bir yazılım veya eklenti kurmadan, web tarayıcısı üzerinden erişilebileceği vurgulanmaktadır.

Keywords

Cesium, Coğrafi bilgi sistemleri, CBS, Javascript, Açık kaynaklı kütüphane, WebGL, 3D

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