An Effective Framework for Distributed Geospatial Query Processing in Grids

The emergence of Internet has greatly revolutionized the way that geospatial information is collected, managed, processed and integrated. There are several important research issues to be addressed for distributed geospatial applications. First, the performance of geospatial applications is needed...

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Main Authors: CHEN, B., FANG, Y., HUANG, Z., PAN, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava 2010-08-01
Series:Advances in Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4316/AECE.2010.03001
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Summary:The emergence of Internet has greatly revolutionized the way that geospatial information is collected, managed, processed and integrated. There are several important research issues to be addressed for distributed geospatial applications. First, the performance of geospatial applications is needed to be considered in the Internet environment. In this regard, the Grid as an effective distributed computing paradigm is a good choice. The Grid uses a series of middleware to interconnect and merge various distributed resources into a super-computer with capability of high performance computation. Secondly, it is necessary to ensure the secure use of independent geospatial applications in the Internet environment. The Grid just provides the utility of secure access to distributed geospatial resources. Additionally, it makes good sense to overcome the heterogeneity between individual geospatial information systems in Internet. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) proposes a number of generalized geospatial standards e.g. OGC Web Services (OWS) to achieve interoperable access to geospatial applications. The OWS solution is feasible and widely adopted by both the academic community and the industry community. Therefore, we propose an integrated framework by incorporating OWS standards into Grids. Upon the framework distributed geospatial queries can be performed in an interoperable, high-performance and secure Grid environment.
ISSN:1582-7445
1844-7600