FWA – A Framework for Developing Web- Atlas Applications

The increasing availability of geospatial datasets, software, and analysis tools has resulted in the expanded use of maps in the field of public health. Web-based mapping has the potential to greatly enhance the accessibility of these maps and other public health data to health practitioners and the general public. Framework of Web Atlas (FWA) is a novel framework for building web atlas applications that support organizing, managing, and providing access to large amount of map dataset to the public health. This paper presents the architectural design of the FWA, and gives a case study to show how to use it. Keywords-software framework; web atlas; software architecture