2010/01/01 by Barney Warf · 2 citations
Social Sciences · #Geographic Information Systems Studies #Historical Geography and Cartography #Historical Geography and Geographical Thought
paper · doi:10.4135/9781412939591
openalex publication_date 2010/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/12/16 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
IS Web Services pose an evolution of traditional standalone GIS applications set in desktop environments with database back-ends for storing data and they provide the components for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) [see Spatial Data Infrastructures]. GIS Web Services are self-contained application components that are published and accessed over the World Wide Web using standard protocols such as HTTP, SOAP, and XML. Each service performs a specific GIS function as part of a loosely coupled and distributed geographic application (also called a distributed GIS). \nThe functionalities provided by GIS Web Services can be categorized in four basic categories: geographic data discovery, access, computation, and visualization. Additional functionality is required in order to orchestrate the interaction among several services in order to provide specific applications.