Geospatial Computing
ABSTRACT
This paper insights into the recently developed technology of digital image processing i.e geospatial computing. Geospatial computing provides a complete environment for the visualization, exploration, and analysis of geospatial data such as vector maps, geo referenced imagery, and terrain data. A significant portion of this paper explains the concept of GIS (geographic information systems).
Digital computing allows the capture and sharing of knowledge across networks such as the Internet. Simultaneously, geographic information system (GIS) technology is evolving and provides better methods to understand, represent, manage, and communicate the many aspects of the earth as a system. A GIS is a unique kind of database of the world—a geographic database (geo database). It is an ‘information system for geography’. Fundamentally, a GIS is based on a structured database that describes the world in geographic
Terms.
This paper also describes the rules for geospatial semantic web applications.
Geographic information is represented by a series of geographic datasets that model geography using simple, generic data structures. A GIS includes a set of comprehensive tools for working with the geographic data. A GIS supports several views for working with geographic information. the views are :
1. Geodata base
2. Geovisualization
3. Geoprocessing
Geospatial information is crucial to bridging the knowledge gap. Unfortunately, existing geographic information systems (GIS) lack the flexibility needed to efficiently address this challenge. The answer is Seamless Geospatial Computing, which can make sense of an enormous volume of data, deliver on-demand capabilities, and provide the agility required to deal with today’s event-driven business tactics and safeguard an organization’s long-term survival.
Seamless Geospatial Computing will allow organizations to geospatially enable existing business processes and quickly create new enhanced applications
The paper thereby with the help of block diagrams sketches and examples ,has tried to overview the concept of geospatial computing.
