Building Blocks for Mapping Services

Dennis Luxen
2013
Mapping services are ubiquitous on the Internet. These services enjoy a considerable user base. But it is often overlooked that providing a service on a global scale with virtually millions of users has been the playground of an oligopoly of a select few service providers are able to do so. Unfortunately, the literature on these solutions is more than scarce. This thesis adds a number of building blocks to the literature that explain how to design and implement a number of features.
doi:10.5445/ir/1000035705 fatcat:v7jsoazyfnd7ng64pxkgk64tim