Web map application for presidential elections 2006

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Web map application for presidential elections
2006

• Nordic Forum for Geo-statistics 2006
• Kongsvinger 12.-14.09.2006
• Liisa Kanerva
• liisa.kanerva_at_stat.fi

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Web map application for presidential elections
2006

• Application functionality
• http//kartat.stat.fi/vaalit2006/

• Application technology
• Summary

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The functionality of the application
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Application technology
Browser
The user interface is implemented with
Javascript Data and maps are updated by passing
ArcXML requests and responses to and from the
Map server
XHTML,CSS,Javascript,XmlHttpRequest
Web ServerJava 2,JRE
HTTP (ArcXML)
Application ServerJ2EE Servlets
ArcIMS needs Java 2 components to build
andadminister Web sites.
Map Server
ArcIMS/Image server
Map Server has responsibility for drawing maps
and sending them as Web-appropriate images
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shape
MSSQL
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Plug-ins
The histogram is implemented using
JFreeChar-library
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PDF printouts utilize iText -library JPG- and PNG
conversion utilize Java2D-library

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Call offs

• Vector format inside PDF
• Stress tests

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Hitches

• Default classification method and colour for
  every theme
• A site without frames
• Direct links to the service
• http//kartat.stat.fi/vaalit2006/index.htmlnameso
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Summary