Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

MPI in GIS

  • Reference work entry
  • First Online:
Encyclopedia of GIS

  • 83 Accesses

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 1,599.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD 1,999.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Armstrong MP (2000) Geography and computational science. Ann Assoc Am Geogr 90(1):146–156

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Clarke KC (2003) Geocomputations future at the extremes: high performance computing and nanoclients. Parallel Comput 29(10):1281–1295

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ding Y, Densham PJ (1996) Spatial strategies for parallel spatial modelling. Int J Geogr Inf Syst 10(6):669–698

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gropp W, Lusk E, Skjellum A (1999) Using MPI: portable parallel programming with the message-passing interface. MIT Press, Cambridge

    MATH  Google Scholar 

  • Guan Q, Zeng W, Gong J, Yun S (2014) pRPL 2.0: improving the parallel raster processing library. Trans GIS 18(S1):25–52

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Healey RG, Dowers S, Minetar MJ (eds) (1996) Parallel processing and GIS. Taylor & Francis, Inc., Bristol

    Google Scholar 

  • Qin C, Zhan L, Zhu A et al (2013) How to apply the geospatial data abstraction library (GDAL) properly to parallel geospatial raster I/O? Trans GIS 18(6):950-957

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Qin C, Zhan L, Zhu A, Zhou C (2014) A strategy for raster-based geocomputation under different parallel computing platforms. Int J Geogr Inf Sci 28(11):2127–2144

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Shook E, Wang S, Tang W (2013) A communication-aware framework for parallel spatially explicit agent-based models. Int J Geogr Inf Sci 27(11):2160–2181

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Snir M, Otto SW, Walker DW, Dongarra J, Huss-Lederman S (1998) MPI: the complete reference. MIT Press, Cambridge

    Google Scholar 

  • Wang S (2010) A cyberGIS framework for the synthesis of cyberinfrastructure, GIS, and spatial analysis. Ann Assoc Am Geogr 100(3):535–557

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wang S, Armstrong MP (2009) A theoretical approach to the use of cyberinfrastructure in geographical analysis. Int J Geogr Inf Sci 23(2):169–193

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wilkinson B, Allen M (1999) Parallel programming. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

    Google Scholar 

  • Yang C, Raskin R, Goodchild M, Gahegan M (2010) Geospatial cyberinfrastructure: past, present and future. Comput Environ Urban Syst 34(4):264–277

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Geography, Environment, and Society, University of Minnesota, MN, USA

    Eric Shook

Authors
  1. Eric Shook
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Eric Shook .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Shashi Shekhar

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

    Hui Xiong

  3. Department of Management Sciences, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Xun Zhou

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2017 Springer International Publishing AG

About this entry

Cite this entry

Shook, E. (2017). MPI in GIS. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H., Zhou, X. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17885-1_1605

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation