A recent CHA project

9. March, 2011 • 1 Comment

The Watervliet Interactive Mapping Application is a web-based GIS platform built entirely on Open Source components and technologies, including PostGIS, OpenLayers, and GeoEXT.

This has been a fun little project and a departure from the norm- as there is no GeoServer backend powering this application. All of the vector data is stored in a PostGIS database and fetched as needed via a few custom PHP scripts. Data is exchanged in GeoJSON format and the larger datasets (parcels, buildings) are limited by the user viewport extent.

This method works great for a municipality with a relatively small geographic footprint and dramatically simplifies the system architecture.

1 Comment to “A recent CHA project”

  1. bobbie says:
    September 2, 2011 at 9:19 pm

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