Geoprocessing in Cloud Computing platforms - a comparative analysis

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 404-425

  Yue, Peng ^a   Zhou, Hongxiu ^a   Gong, Jianya ^a   Hu, Lei ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; geoprocessing; geospatial service; GIS; Google App Engine; Microsoft Azure

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ENGINES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PLATFORM AS A SERVICE (PAAS); STORAGE AS A SERVICE (STAAS); WEB SERVICES; WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

CLOUD COMPUTING PLATFORMS; CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES; DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT; GEO-SPATIAL SERVICES; GEOPROCESSING; GOOGLE APP ENGINES; INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES; MICROSOFT;

INTEROPERABILITY;

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA PROCESSING; GIS; INTERNET; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84879690071     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2012.748847     Document Type: Article

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