{ Mapping  Past  Denver

A  Web-­‐‑GIS  Approach

Ricardo  Oliveira September  –  2015 GIS  on  the  Rockies

Ñ  Current  Student  at  the  Master  of  Arts  in  Applied  Geography  and  Geospatial  Science  at  UC  –  Denver

Ñ  Student  Contractor  at  the  USGS  –  Supports  the  National  Map  Corps  project  by  providing  Web-­‐‑Mapping  platforms  and  other  visualization  solutions.

Ricardo  Oliveira

Ñ  To  create  a  platform  to  visualize  historical  spatial  data  from  Denver  in  the  web.

Ñ  Explore  what  are  the  ins  and  outs  of  web-­‐‑mapping.

Ñ  Explore  the  challenges  of  working  with  spatio-­‐‑temporal  data.

Ñ  Explore  how  FOSS4G  can  provide  all  the  support  for  a  project  like  this.

The  Idea

The  Data

The  Data

100%  FOSS4G  Powered

Digitizing

QGIS

Data  Management

PostgreSQL/PostGIS

Client  Side  Library

Leaflet.js

Ñ  h4p://ricardo-­‐‑c-­‐‑oliveira.github.io/mapping-­‐‑past-­‐‑denver/#home

The  Map