Offers a comprehensive introduction to decentralized map production 

Includes chapters on standardization initiatives spearheaded by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 

Features a special chapter on the European spatial data infrastructure, providing essential background information on the initial requirements and challenges 

Includes a chapter addressing the implementation of the semantic web in geoinformatics 

Gathers numerous contributions that report on using big data for geospatial visualization 

Describes recent efforts in statistical geospatial framework integration