Title :
Standards-Based Computing Capabilities for Distributed Geospatial Applications
Author :
Lee, Craig ; Percivall, George
Author_Institution :
Aerosp. Corp., El Segundo, CA
Abstract :
Researchers face increasingly large repositories of geospatial data stored in different locations and in various formats. To address this problem, the Open Geospatial Consortium and the Open Grid Forum are collaborating to develop standards for distributed geospatial computing.
Keywords :
geographic information systems; grid computing; groupware; distributed geospatial computing; open geospatial consortium; open grid forum; standards-based computing capability; Best practices; Collaboration; Distributed computing; Grid computing; Internet; Pervasive computing; Resource management; Software standards; Software tools; Standards development; Web services; distributed computing; e-Science; geoinformatics; geospatial applications; grid computing; standards; tools;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2008.468
