Research Article
Building and applying geographical information system Grids
Galip Aydin,
Ahmet Sayar,
Harshawardhan Gadgil,
Mehmet S. Aktas,
Geoffrey C. Fox,
Sunghoon Ko,
Hasan Bulut,
Marlon E. Pierce,
Galip Aydin
Community Grids Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorAhmet Sayar
Community Grids Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorHarshawardhan Gadgil
Community Grids Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorMehmet S. Aktas
Community Grids Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorGeoffrey C. Fox
Community Grids Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorSunghoon Ko
Community Grids Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorHasan Bulut
Community Grids Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Marlon E. Pierce
Community Grids Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Community Grids Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorGalip Aydin,
Ahmet Sayar,
Harshawardhan Gadgil,
Mehmet S. Aktas,
Geoffrey C. Fox,
Sunghoon Ko,
Hasan Bulut,
Marlon E. Pierce,
Galip Aydin
Community Grids Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorAhmet Sayar
Community Grids Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorHarshawardhan Gadgil
Community Grids Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorMehmet S. Aktas
Community Grids Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorGeoffrey C. Fox
Community Grids Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorSunghoon Ko
Community Grids Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorHasan Bulut
Community Grids Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Marlon E. Pierce
Community Grids Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Community Grids Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
We discuss the development and application of Web-service-based geographical information system (GIS) Grids. Following the WS-I+ approach of building Grids on Web service standards, we have developed data Grid components for archival and real-time data, map generating services that can be used to build user interfaces, information services for storing both stateless and stateful metadata, and service orchestration and management tools. Our goal is to support dynamically assembled Grid service collections that combine both GIS services with more traditional Grid capabilities such as file transfer and remote code execution. We are applying these tools to problems in earthquake modeling and forecasting, but we are attempting to build general purpose tools by using and extending appropriate standards. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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