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Cyberinfrastructure for Spatial Data Integration

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Encyclopedia of GIS

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Synonyms

E-Science; Heterogeneity; Virtualization, Resource; Standards

Definition

The term cyberinfrastructure (CI) refers to a new research environment that supports integration of geographically distributed computing and information processing services to enable a new level of data-intensive collaborative science enterprise. It includes high-performance data management and storage hardware and software, combined with secure data access and advanced information- and knowledge‐management technologies and a variety of search, analysis, visualization, modeling and collaboration tools linked over high-speed networks, to create an enabling end-to-end framework for scientific discovery. CI applications in earth sciences span such disciplines as earthquake modeling and prediction, ecology, atmospheric sciences, hydrology and oceanography.

Historical Background

The term was first articulated at a press briefing on the Presidential Decision Directive (PDD-63) in 1998, in reference...

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  1. San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

    Ilya Zaslavsky

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Shashi Shekhar (McKnight Distinguished University Professor) (McKnight Distinguished University Professor)

  2. Management Science and Information Systems Department, Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA

    Hui Xiong (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Zaslavsky, I. (2008). Cyberinfrastructure for Spatial Data Integration. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_233

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