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GIS Grid (geographic information systems grid) is a combination of geographic information systems and grid technology. Existing non-standardized multi-sources and multi-scales data have a shortage of spatial information shared in either internal and external organizations or departments, especially in national or global applications. It is very important and difficult to store massive spatial data for GIS Grid. And efficient metadata management and data access methods should be studied. At the same time, GIS Grid should provide users with just the services and data they need, without having to install, learn, or pay for any unused functionalities. With the integration of web service and other middleware/toolkit, which support the creation of Grid infrastructures and applications, it is possible to dynamically assemble applications from GIS Grid for use in a variety of client applications.
This paper is supported at Huazhong University of Science and Technology by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) under Grant No. 2004CB318201, National Science Foundation of China No.60273074, No.60303032, Huo Yingdong Education Foundation No.91068 and at China University of Geoscience by High Technology Research and Development Program of China No.8001AA135170, plus industrial support from WUHAN ZONDY INFO-ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
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Feng, D. et al. (2005). Geographic Information Systems Grid. In: Sloot, P.M.A., Hoekstra, A.G., Priol, T., Reinefeld, A., Bubak, M. (eds) Advances in Grid Computing - EGC 2005. EGC 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3470. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11508380_84
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