長久以來，主題地圖（Thematic Map）被廣泛應用於日常生活中，以協助決策者了解或分析具有空間特性的現象。近年來，隨網際網路與地理資訊系統的蓬勃發展，透過網路取得不同主題之地理資料，已不再是遙不可及的夢想。雖然目前Web GIS可提供製作完成之主題展示，但其所提供之內容僅侷限於資料庫內預先編輯與儲存之資料，無法滿足由不具專業背景使用者自行提供資料，並製作成主題地圖之需求。主題地圖製作之主要挑戰不只必須具備專業的製圖知識，還須同時擁有合適的包含空間與主題描述地理資料。由開放式地理資訊系統（OpenGIS）之觀點，近年地理資訊標準及互操作性（Interoperability）的進展，已為主題資料的建立及流通開創了更新的作法，然而對不具備製圖知識與空間資料的使用者而言，在缺乏一套智慧的主題地圖製作架構下，仍導致使用者無法有效利用目前開放式地理資訊系統技術所帶來之便利性。

本研究提出一套開放式架構之網路主題地圖服務，架構中有效結合OpenGIS之GDAS（Geolinked Data Access Service）、GLS（Geolinking Service）與WMS（Web Map Service）等標準，並加入規則式（Rule-Based）之主題地圖製作相關製圖知識。本系統服務架構能分析主題資料之特性，並判斷可用之主題地圖的種類，使一般使用者僅須透過標準瀏覽器連接主題地圖服務，上傳主題資料，便可取得影像格式之主題地圖。與過去封閉、集中式資料架構相較，本研究提出之架構具有伺服器間之標準化操作介面、簡易的資料整合與交互操作以及便利的主題地圖設計環境等優點。顯然地，本論文提出之主題地圖服務架構摒除一般使用者不具備製圖知識與空間資料之障礙，成功的拓展更多使用者。藉由更多的服務與可用之空間框架（Spatial Framework），主題地圖服務將成為未來各領域使用者不可或缺的便利工具。

Thematic maps have been widely used in daily lives for policy makers to realize and analyze spatial phenomena in reality. With the rapid development of Internet and GIS technology in recent years, to access a variety of thematic maps via internet is no longer an unreachable dream for today's users. Nonetheless, such Web-based GISs often restrict their contents to maps already edited and stored in databases, rather than allowing na?ve users to submit data via internet and create thematic maps meeting their demands. The challenge of creating thematic maps must consider not only professional cartographic knowledge, but also the appropriate settings of the spatial and thematic data. From an OpenGIS perspective, the recent progress in GIS standards and data interoperability has offered a new possibility for the creation and distribution of thematic data. Unfortunately for those domain users without mapping knowledge and spatial data, the lack of an intelligent coordinated thematic mapping architecture still impedes them to take advantage of the convenience current OpenGIS technology can bring.

The proposed web-based thematic map service successfully integrates a number of OpenGIS standards, namely, Geolinked Data Access Service (GDAS), Geolinking Service (GLS), Web Map Service (WMS), and further augment its mapping capability with built-in rule-based cartographic knowledge about thematic map making. Since the whole architecture is capable of analyzing the characteristics of thematic data and determine applicable categories of thematic maps, na?ve users can therefore easily interact with the thematic map service in a standard browser environment by uploading their data and receive thematic maps in image format. Comparing to some of the current closed and inflexible centralized data archive; the apparent advantages of the proposed system architecture include the standardized interface between servers, easier data integration and interoperability and the convenient map design environment to users without prerequisite knowledge. Clearly the success of the proposed system architecture can tremendously expand the number of users because the barriers of mapping knowledge and lack of spatial data have now been removed. With more services and spatial framework available, such convenient thematic mapping service will no doubt serve as an indispensable tool to a variety of domain users in the near future.

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