A balanced decomposition approach to real-time visualization of large vector maps in CyberGIS

Frontiers of Computer Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 442-455

  Guo, Mingqiang ^a   Huang, Ying ^a   Xie, Zhong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

balanced decomposition; CyberGIS; large vector map; load balance; real time visualization

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; VECTORS; VISUALIZATION;

CYBERGIS; DECOMPOSITION APPROACH; HETEROGENEOUS CHARACTERISTIC; LOAD BALANCE; REAL TIME VISUALIZATION; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE; VECTOR MAPS;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84938202558     PISSN: 20952228     EISSN: 20952236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11704-014-3498-7     Document Type: Article

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