Up in the air: Adventures in serving geospatial data using open source software and the cloud

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bunzel, Ken ^a   Ager, Alan ^b   Schrader Patton, Charlie ^b  

^a Kingbird Software LLC   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon web services; Cloud computing; EC2; Ext JS; GeoExt; GeoServer; Geospatial; GIS; JavaScript; Land management agencies; MapServer; OpenLayers; USDA forest service; Virtual server; WMS

Indexed keywords

AMAZON WEB SERVICES; CLOUD COMPUTING; GEO-SPATIAL; JAVASCRIPT; LAND MANAGEMENTS; MAP SERVERS; USDA FOREST SERVICE; VIRTUAL SERVERS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; LAND USE; OPEN SYSTEMS; SERVERS; WEB SERVICES;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 77955187831     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1823854.1823894     Document Type: Conference Paper

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