Geographical Information Systems: Trends and Technologies

by Elaheh Pourabbas (Editor)

Overview

Web services, cloud computing, location based services, NoSQLdatabases, and Semantic Web offer new ways of accessing, analyzing, and elaborating geo-spatial information in both real-world and virtual spaces. This book explores the how-to of the most promising recurrent technologies and trends in GIS, such as Semantic GIS, Web GIS, Mobile GIS, NoSQL Geographic Databases, Cloud GIS, Spatial Data Warehousing-OLAP, and Open GIS. The text discusses and emphasizes the methodological aspects of such technologies and their applications in GIS.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466596931
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/16/2014
Pages:	358
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Preparing Array Analytics for the Data Tsunami. Similarity Join for Big Geographic Data
Spatial Index Schemes for Cloud Environments. NoSQL Geographic Databases: An Overview. Web Services Composition and Geographic Information. Dtabase Server Models for WMS and WFS Geographic Web Services. bust Workflow Systems + Flexible Geoprocessing Services = Geo-enabled Model Web? rchitecture for Including Personalization in a Mobile GIS via Semantic Web Techniques. oBI Architecture Based on Free Software: Experience and Review. Semantic Similarity based on Weighted Ontology.