Grid-enabled Spatial Data Infrastructure for environmental sciences: Challenges and opportunities

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 292-303

  Giuliani, Gregory ^a,b   Ray, Nicolas ^a,b   Lehmann, Anthony ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b United Nations Environment Programme   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Data sharing; Geoprocessing; Grid infrastructure; Interoperability; OGC web services; Spatial Data Infrastructure

Indexed keywords

DATA SHARING; GEOPROCESSING; GRID INFRASTRUCTURES; OGC WEB SERVICES; SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE;

INTEROPERABILITY; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; WEB SERVICES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 78649300210     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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