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Creation of a Meta-Model for the Generation of a Webmapping Application

¹ School of Management and Technological Innovation, University of Fianarantsoa, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
² Laboratory of Computer Science and Mathematics Applied to Development, University of Fianarantsoa, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
³ Computer Science, Geomatics, Mathematics and Application, University of Fianarantsoa, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
⁴ University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Journal of Geographic Information System·Volume 13 (2021)·Pages 452–465·Published 13 July 2021·DOI10.4236/jgis.2021.134025

Abstract

Our research focuses on creating a meta-model for generating a web mapping application. It was difficult for non-geomatics developers to implement a webmapping application. Indeed, this type of application uses geospatial data that require geomatics skills. For this reason, in order to help non-geomatics developers to set up a webmapping application, we have designed a meta-model that automatically generates a webmapping application using model-driven engineering. The created meta-model is used by non-geomatics developers to explicitly write the concrete syntax specific to the webmapping application using the xtext tool. This concrete syntax is automatically converted into source code using the xtend tool without the intervention of the non-geomatics developers.

KeywordsWebmappingModel Driven EngineeringModel Driven ArchitectureMeta-ModelWebGisGIS

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Creation of a Meta-Model for the Generation of a Webmapping Application

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