Javascript is a very popular programming language. Once started to make web sites more dynamic, it has grown into a powerful and fast language, with several runtime environments (client- and server-side!), and support for procedural, functional, object-oriented, and modular programming paradigms. How cool is that? Moreover it is easy to learn and the basics are very simple. But most importantly, it can be executed by any web browser today! Therefore it naturally is used widely also in 52°North communities, and the Sensor Web community is no exception. However, for many good reasons, the existing Sensor Web browser client utilizes Google Web Toolkit (GWT), which compiles Java to browser-specific Javascript, and utilizes server side rendering.
But wait, today you will find an alternative to explore time series data from the standardized Sensor Observation Service (SOS): SOS.js.more >