2.10 Geographic Information System Web Mapping Developer

Experience Levels

• Junior: < 5 years of experience
• Intermediate: 5– < 10 years of experience
• Senior: 10+ years of experience

Responsibilities could include but are not limited to

• Developing and preparing diagrammatic plans for web based service delivery over the Internet
• Analyzing the problems outlined by systems analysts/designers in terms of such factors as style and extent of information to be transferred across the Internet
• Selecting and using the best available web development tools for linking the Internet-based client to the IT system’s “back end” information delivery programs and databases. Designing high-usability web pages to meet the requirement
• Verifying accuracy and completeness of programs by preparing sample data and testing them by means of system acceptance test runs made by operating personnel
• Correcting program errors by revising instructions or altering the sequence of operations
• Testing instructions, and assembling specifications, flow charts, diagrams, layouts, programming and operating instructions to document applications for later modification or reference

Specialties could include but are not limited to

• GIS Product Suites
• Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
• HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
• JavaScript
• Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (Perl)