An interaction model and a framework dedicated to web-based geographic applications

8 pagesInternational audienceWeb-based geographic applications are continuously evolving and are becoming increasingly widespread. However, designing these applications is still a cumbersome task because it requires multiple and high-level technical skills related not only to recent Web technologies but also to technologies dedicated to geographic information systems (GIS). Due to this complexity, recent works highlight the difficulties to integrate sophisticated interactions in such applications. Our objective seeks to take the designers out of this complexity to allow them to focus their design activity on the interactive dimension of the application to elaborate. We propose adapted design models and a framework allowing designers to create applications according to an interaction point of view. All these contributions have been integrated in a Web 2.0 prototype allowing designers to visually specify/implement Web-based geographic applications