Developing Geo-Web Portals With Google Map API- A Case Study of the Fichtner Group

The main objective of this paper was to research the use of Web 2.0 techniques and freely available geospatial tools as a base for information-focused applications. The investigation was conducted, based on a prototype development of a project portal for the Fichtner Group. The methods adopted include; developing both server and client-sides of the application with Adobe Flex Builder. Toad for Oracle was used to administer and maintain the Relational DataBase Management System (RDBMS). The server-side programming language was Java whilst ActionScript was used to create the client logic. MXML was used to describe the user interface and behaviour.