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Grid, Geospatial

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Encyclopedia of GIS

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Geospatial data grid; Geospatial computing grid; Geospatial computational grid; Grid computing; Distributed computing

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Geospatial grid refers to the grid, an emerging cyberinfrastructure, dealing with geospatial information (aka spatial information grid). The geospatial grid includes geospatial data grids (GDGs) and geospatial computational grids (GCGs) [1,2]. A geospatial grid leverages geospatial standards and interfaces to handle geospatial data, information, and processes. A GDG is used for registering, managing, retrieving, and securely copying and moving geospatial data and its replicas among data centers distributed around the world. A GCG focuses on processing and analyzing geospatial data and their replicas by utilizing distributed geospatial resources in the grid environment. Both GDG and GCG are based on the fundamental grid standards, the Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA) and the Web Service Resource Framework (WSRF) [3]. A geospatial grid is an...

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  1. Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

    Aijun Chen, Liping Di, Yaxing Wei & Yuqi Bai

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Shashi Shekhar (McKnight Distinguished University Professor) (McKnight Distinguished University Professor)

  2. Management Science and Information Systems Department, Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA

    Hui Xiong (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Chen, A., Di, L., Wei, Y., Bai, Y. (2008). Grid, Geospatial. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_552

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