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Improving Component-Based WebGIS Development by Adopting a Software Product Line Approach

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Information Systems Development

Abstract

Development of Web-based Geographical Information Systems (WebGIS) is mainly done by Small Enterprises which usually employ Open Source Software (OSS) components. The number and complexity of requirements for these Information Systems has exploded during the last years due to the technological advances. In addition, enterprises working on WebGIS must carry out intensive software development within short time frames. This situation is claiming for an improvement of their software development processes so that both the time to market and costs can be reduced. In this paper, we present the situation of a research-in-progress performed by one of these SMEs working on WebGIS. Software Product Line approach has emerged as a promising solution to face the problems due to the situation in the WebGIS domain. We have also detected that modeling tools can help WebGIS developers to reduce the time to market and cost of their developments and, at the same time, offer a quality warranty and more robust ISs. We have started a Software Process Improvement and its first steps have been taken whose results are presented here.

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Acknowledgments

This work has been partially supported by SIGTel, EOGIS from the University of Castilla-La Mancha and the Ministry of Science and Innovation from Spain through the Torres Quevedo Program. Special thanks to the team of EOGIS and SIGTel, who provided the necessary information to identify the main core assets, presented in Sects. 4 and 5.

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  1. SIGTel Geomàtica, Centro I+D de Empresas and Grupo de Teledetección y SIG, Instituto de Desarrollo Regional, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain

    Juan Manuel Moreno-Rivera

  2. Computing Systems Department, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain

    Elena Navarro

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  1. Fac. Mathematics & Physics, Dept. Software Engineering, Charles University Praha, Malostranske nam. 25, Praha 1, 118 00, Czech Republic

    Jaroslav Pokorny

  2. Dept. Information Technologies, Attn. Prof. Jiri Vorisek, Prague University of Economics, Nam. W. Churchilla 4, Praha, 130 67, Czech Republic

    Vaclav Repa

  3. Fac. Mathematics & Physics, Charles University, Praha, Malostranske nam. 25, Praha 1, 118 00, Czech Republic

    Karel Richta

  4. College of Business & Economics, Dept. Information Technology &, Boise State University, Univesity Dr. 1910, Boise, 83725-1615, Idaho, USA

    Wita Wojtkowski

  5. Fac. Information Technology, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia

    Henry Linger

  6. Dept. Accountancy & Finance, National University of Ireland, University Road, Galway, Ireland

    Chris Barry

  7. Dept. Accountancy & Finance, National University of Ireland, University Road, Galway, Ireland

    Michael Lang

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Moreno-Rivera, J., Navarro, E. (2011). Improving Component-Based WebGIS Development by Adopting a Software Product Line Approach. In: Pokorny, J., et al. Information Systems Development. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9790-6_42

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