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OpenLayers is an open JavaScript library, the main purpose of which is to display geographic information in a web browser environment. The main advantage is the ability to load a large amount of data formats and a wide community of users developing additional expanding content. The Leaflet is a similar JavaScript library, focused on creating interactive maps with a strong support for mobile devices. It focuses on the flawless functionality of the basic set of functions and is easier to understand for users without the necessary knowledge of programming. Like OpenLayers, Leaflet is being expanded by plug-ins prepared by a wide community of users. Unlike the previous two, MapBox is a commercial project that focuses apart from the creation of web maps also on the development of its own standards (which also find their use within OpenLayers or the Leaflet). The most important use of MapBox is in the field of vector and raster map tiles.
3D-4D visualisation of IoT data from Singapore’s National Science Experiment
Published in Journal of Spatial Science, 2022
Francisco Benita, Jan Perhac, Bige Tunçer, Remo Burkhard, Simon Schubiger
Table 2 presents a comparison between the most common visualisation tools used by research institutions and government agencies. QGIS is extensively used due to it can be adapted to different special needs, using extensible plugin architecture and libraries. The open-source GIS software enable for GIS and space-time data manipulation. Similarly, ArcGIS allows users to easily customise information, maps, globes, and models on the desktop as it provides most of the required GIS functionalities. Its major drawback is that it can be very costly if one chose to have all the software extensions. Furthermore, within a large-scale deployment such as the NSE project, to guarantee the accessibility of GIS platform for thousands of students and dozens of researchers using ArcGIS licencing could be an infeasible task. Mapbox is an open-source mapping platform that provides a suite of tools for developers to create and host web GIS maps at no cost up to 50,000 map views per month. It is highly flexible, but for services that require higher-computation products or data-privacy the prices in the pay-as-you-go, and commercial licences can get quite high very quickly. CARTO is an intuitive software to build powerful web visualisations focused on spatial data. It provides the ability to quickly manipulate spatial data using SQL, and it generates comprehensive visualisations using a user-friendly wizard interface. The basic version of this platform is free with storage and data-privacy limitations, but it can be upgraded to premium version and business personal licences. Finally, Singapore Views is a novel and flexible visualisation engine that has been chosen as the preferred alternative. The features of Singapore Views are detailed in the next section.