Encyclopedia of Geography

Bibliographic Data

ID22373488
AuthorsBarney Warf (0000-0002-4681-5286, corresponding author), Barney L Warf
Year2010
Publication date2010-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueEncyclopedia of Geography (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherSAGE Publications, Incorporated (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4135/9781412939591
OpenAlexW2560637518
ISBN9781412939591
Open LibraryOL39976667M
LanguageEN
Citations received14

IS Web Services pose an evolution of traditional standalone GIS applications set in desktop environments with database back-ends for storing data and they provide the components for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) [see Spatial Data Infrastructures]. GIS Web Services are self-contained application components that are published and accessed over the World Wide Web using standard protocols such as HTTP, SOAP, and XML. Each service performs a specific GIS function as part of a loosely coupled and distributed geographic application (also called a distributed GIS). \nThe functionalities provided by GIS Web Services can be categorized in four basic categories: geographic data discovery, access, computation, and visualization. Additional functionality is required in order to orchestrate the interaction among several services in order to provide specific applications.

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