Web map services in action

As you have seen, you can easily combine and integrate a variety of web map services in a wide variety of applications. Consider the case of Gerard, a fire service operator in Manitoba, whose job it is to regularly check the status of forest fires in that province. The provincial forestry department has created an application that validates forest fire burn areas using satellite browse imagery. This application allows Gerard to detect and assess burn areas quickly and accurately, and to contact the appropriate emergency services.

Click on the numbers below for a description of the data and web map services that were used to build this application.