Distributed network analytical GIS

A. Kharkevich Institute of Information Transmission Problems RAS, Moscow, Russia

A. N. Shogin

All-Russia Institute of Scientific and Technical Information RAS, Moscow, Russia

Abstract

[1]  The functionality of distributed analytical network systems GIS (Geographic Information Systems) GeoProcessor 2.0, GeoTime II and COMPASS V and elements of geoinformation technology of their use in scientific and applied research are analyzed. At the time of the analysis these systems can download data and plug-ins, distributed either in telecommunication systems or on a user's PC. The article is illustrated by examples of GIS applications for analysis of spatial and spatio-temporal data. The GIS discussed here represent a significant part of the analytical resources of geoinformation environment, elaborated in the framework of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Presidium Programme "Electronic Earth''.

Received 1 December 2007; accepted 15 December 2007; published 29 February 2008.

Keywords: distributed analytical network systems, GIS technologies, "Electronic Earth'' programme.

Index Terms: 0525 Computational Geophysics: Data management; 0530 Computational Geophysics: Data presentation and visualization; 0545 Computational Geophysics: Modeling.

Citation: Gitis, V. G., A. P. Weinstock, and A. N. Shogin (2008), Distributed network analytical GIS, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 10, ES2003, doi:10.2205/2007ES000236.