GEO-WASA-combining GIS technology with workflow management

Author

Medeiros, Claudia Bauzer ; Vossen, Gottfried ; Weske, Mathias

Author_Institution

Dept. de Ciencia da Comput., Univ. Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

fYear

1996

Firstpage

129

Lastpage

139

Abstract

Geoprocessing environments require the cooperation of experts in different fields, using heterogeneous, distributed data, by means of specialized tools, among which GIS-geographic information systems-play a prominent role. However the coordination of such work is time-consuming and error-prone, since a considerable amount of data is processed in parallel, and tools are not integrated, requiring human intervention for process communication. The paper presents GEO-WASA, an environment that helps to solve this problem, by combining the GIS data-oriented view of geoprocessing with the process-centered philosophy of a workflow management system

Keywords

distributed processing; geographic information systems; office automation; GEO-WASA; GIS data-oriented view; GIS technology; distributed data; geoprocessing environments; heterogeneous data; human intervention; process communication; process-centered philosophy; workflow management system; Application software; Data analysis; Distributed computing; Educational technology; Geographic Information Systems; Graphics; Humans; Memory; Technology management; Workflow management software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Systems and Software Engineering, 1996., Proceedings of the Seventh Israeli Conference on

Conference_Location

Herzliya

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7536-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCSSE.1996.554918

Filename

554918