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Xerox PARC Map Viewer
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<p>Xerox PARC Map Viewer was one of the earliest static <a href="/facts/Web_mapping/NLCTRoQm">web mapping</a> sites, developed by Steve Putz in June 1993 at <a href="/facts/Xerox_Corporation/qyxVVqaa">Xerox Corporation</a>'s <a href="/facts/Palo_Alto_Research_Center/fh2Su0k9">Palo Alto Research Center</a> (PARC). The Xerox PARC Map Viewer was an experiment in providing interactive <a href="/facts/Information_retrieval/MFSmpeNw">information retrieval</a>, rather than access to just static files, on the <a href="/facts/World_Wide_Web/wvnTrWFq">World Wide Web</a>. </p><p>Map Viewer used a customized <a href="/facts/Common_Gateway_Interface/zWsLFXGJ">CGI</a> <a href="/facts/Server_(computing)/dEaYFD7r">server</a> module written in <a href="/facts/Perl/fx31kjlT">Perl</a>. Map images were generated in <a href="/facts/GIF/HfIBWrIC">GIF</a> format from two server side programs. MAP-WRITER created the <a href="/facts/Raster_image/HkXNc8oI">raster images</a> from the geographic database and RASTOGIF would convert the raster image into the GIF format. </p><p>Xerox has since discontinued the Map Viewer service. </p>