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Distributed GIS

Distributed GIS refers to GI Systems that do not have all of the system components in the same physical location. This could be the processing, the database, the rendering or the user interface. It represents a special case of distributed computing, with examples of distributed systems including Internet GIS, Web GIS, and Mobile GIS. Distribution of…

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Distributed GIS

Nodes84
Edges83
Triples60
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02381
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Distributed GIS

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related to Etymology · 18
Distributed GIS → Bruce Gittings, California, Colorado, Edinburgh, GIS, Gittings, He, In, Internet-based, Masters Programme, National Earthquake Information Center, Scotland, The, University, USA, USGS, World Wide Earthquake Locator, Xerox PARC Map Viewer
related to Mashups · 12
Distributed GIS → An, Chicago, GIS, Google, Google Maps, In, JavaScript, Mashups, Second-generation, Third, URL, When
related to Parallel computing in GIS · 12
Distributed GIS → As, CPU’s, For, Geographic Information Science, GIS, In, Parallel, The, This, To, Today, When
related to Open Geospatial Consortium · 7
Distributed GIS → Geo-Enable, GIS, OGC, One, Open Geospatial Consortium, The, Web-Enable GIS
is a · 1
Distributed GIS → interoperability of the data since it can come in different formats using different projection systems

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gis data web distributed information mobile systems used maps internet applications spatial system services use computing parallel processing using corporate

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Distributed GISis ainteroperability of the data since it can come in different formats using different projection systems0.90text
parallel processinginstance ofDistributed processing allows improvements to the performance of spatial analysis through the use of techniques0.80text
OGC for mappinginstance ofEssential to a corporate GIS is the effective management of the corporate database and the establishment of standards0.80text
database technologies.Benefits include that all the users in the organisation have access to sharedinstance ofEssential to a corporate GIS is the effective management of the corporate database and the establishment of standards0.80text
completeinstance ofEssential to a corporate GIS is the effective management of the corporate database and the establishment of standards0.80text
accurateinstance ofEssential to a corporate GIS is the effective management of the corporate database and the establishment of standards0.80text
high qualityinstance ofEssential to a corporate GIS is the effective management of the corporate database and the establishment of standards0.80text
up-to-date datainstance ofEssential to a corporate GIS is the effective management of the corporate database and the establishment of standards0.80text
the mobile webinstance ofusing technology0.80text
cell phonesinstance ofThese limitations are more applicable to smaller devices0.80text
PDAsinstance ofThese limitations are more applicable to smaller devices0.80text
Distributed GISrelated to EtymologyThe0.60section

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