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Architecture diagram

Architecture diagram

The front-end consists of an HTML file with Google Map loaded, a search form and a pre-defined data sets, and a JavaScript script. The client-side HTML and JavaScript files make requests to the server. The server-side consists of a PHP file which bridges the gap between Ajax and connects to a MySQL database.

The result is returned as an XML response to the Ajax engine.

Users can search the database, view the results, view individual documents, edit or transcribe them, delete existing postings or add new ones.