Author_Institution :
Zhejiang RongWare Inf. Technol. Co. Ltd., Zhejiang Univ. of Technol., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
Digital globe is a 3D geographic information system, with which user can store, retrieve, render, query and analyze a large amount of spatial data from Earth, including aerial imagery, geographical features, and man-made features. This paper describes the digital globe software, including the software architecture, procedure, interoperability and key technology, which includes geodata manager, geodata server (web services to network geodata compression and retrieval), and geodata browser.
Keywords :
Web services; geographic information systems; open systems; query processing; software architecture; 3D geographic information system; Web services; aerial imagery; digital globe; geodata browser; geodata compression; geodata manager; geodata retrieval; geodata server; geographical features; interoperability; key technology; man-made features; software architecture; Three dimensional displays; CSW(Web Catalog Service); Digital Globe; Geobrowser; Geographic Information System(GIS); WFS(Web Feature Service); WMS(Web Map Service);
