Architecture design and prototyping of a web-based, synchronous collaborative 3D GIS

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-132

  Chang, Zheng ^a   Li, Songnian ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D GIS; Distributed environment; Synchronous collaboration

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HYBRID COMPUTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HYBRID SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE; LIGHT-WEIGHT SYSTEMS; PEER-TO-PEER (P2P);

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; DECISION MAKING; GIS; INTERNET; REMOTE SENSING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 44249117385     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304008784090577     Document Type: Article

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