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<p><b>Distributed GIS</b> refers to <a href="GIS" class="mw-redirect" title="GIS">GI Systems</a> that do not have all of the system components in the same physical location.<sup id="cite_ref-Zhong1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zhong1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This could be the <a href="Process_(computing)" title="Process (computing)">processing</a>, the <a href="Database" title="Database">database</a>, the rendering or the <a href="User_interface" title="User interface">user interface</a>. It represents a special case of <a href="Distributed_computing" title="Distributed computing">distributed computing</a>, with examples of distributed systems including <a href="Internet_GIS" title="Internet GIS">Internet GIS</a>, <a href="Web_GIS" title="Web GIS">Web GIS</a>, and <a href="Mobile_GIS" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobile GIS">Mobile GIS</a>. Distribution of resources provides corporate and enterprise-based models for GIS (involving multiple databases, different computers undertaking <a href="Spatial_analysis" title="Spatial analysis">spatial analysis</a> and a diverse ecosystem of often spatially-enabled client devices). Distributed GIS permits a <a href="Shared_services" title="Shared services">shared services</a> model, including data fusion (or <a href="Mashup_(web_application_hybrid)" title="Mashup (web application hybrid)">mashups</a>) based on <a href="Open_Geospatial_Consortium" title="Open Geospatial Consortium">Open Geospatial Consortium</a> (OGC) web services. Distributed GIS technology enables modern online mapping systems (such as <a href="Google_Maps" title="Google Maps">Google Maps</a> and <a href="Bing_Maps" title="Bing Maps">Bing Maps</a>), <a href="Location-based_services" class="mw-redirect" title="Location-based services">Location-based services</a> (LBS), web-based GIS (such as ArcGIS Online) and numerous map-enabled applications. Other applications include transportation, <a href="Logistics" title="Logistics">logistics</a>, utilities, farm / agricultural information systems, real-time environmental information systems and the analysis of the movement of people. In terms of data, the concept has been extended to include <a href="Volunteered_geographic_information" title="Volunteered geographic information">volunteered geographical information</a>. Distributed processing allows improvements to the performance of spatial analysis through the use of techniques such as parallel processing.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div>
<p>The term Distributed GIS was coined by Bruce Gittings at the <a href="University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a>. He was responsible for one of the first <a href="Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a>-based distributed GIS. In 1994, he designed and implemented the World Wide Earthquake Locator, which provided maps of recent earthquake occurrences to a location-independent user, which used the <a href="Xerox_PARC_Map_Viewer" title="Xerox PARC Map Viewer">Xerox PARC Map Viewer</a> (based in <a href="California" title="California">California</a>, USA), managed by an interface based in <a href="Edinburgh_(Scotland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh (Scotland)">Edinburgh (Scotland)</a>, which drew data in real-time from the <a href="National_Earthquake_Information_Center" title="National Earthquake Information Center">National Earthquake Information Center</a> (USGS) in <a href="Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>, USA.<sup id="cite_ref-www.geo.ed.ac.uk_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www.geo.ed.ac.uk-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gittings first taught a course in Distributed GIS in 2005 as part of the Masters Programme in GIS at that institution .<sup id="cite_ref-www.drps.ed.ac.uk_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www.drps.ed.ac.uk-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><a href="Nanonetwork" title="Nanonetwork">Nanoscale</a></li>
<li><a href="Near-field_communication" title="Near-field communication">Near-field (NFC)</a></li>
<li><a href="Body_area_network" title="Body area network">Body</a></li>
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<li><a href="Near-me_area_network" title="Near-me area network">Near-me</a></li>
<li><a href="Local_area_network" title="Local area network">Local (LAN)</a>
<ul><li><a href="Storage_area_network" title="Storage area network">Storage (SAN)</a></li>
<li><a href="Wireless_LAN" title="Wireless LAN">Wireless (WLAN)</a></li>
<li><a href="VLAN" title="VLAN">Virtual (VLAN)</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Home_network" title="Home network">Home (HAN)</a></li>
<li><a href="Building_area_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Building area network">Building</a></li>
<li><a href="Campus_network" title="Campus network">Campus (CAN)</a></li>
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<li><a href="Metropolitan_area_network" title="Metropolitan area network">Metropolitan (MAN)</a>
<ul><li><a href="Municipal_wireless_network" title="Municipal wireless network">Municipal wireless (MWN)</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Wide_area_network" title="Wide area network">Wide (WAN)</a></li>
<li><a href="Internet_area_network" title="Internet area network">Cloud</a></li>
<li><a href="Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a></li>
<li><a href="Interplanetary_Internet" title="Interplanetary Internet">Interplanetary Internet</a></li></ul></td>
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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="Parallel_computing" title="Parallel computing">Parallel computing</a> and <a href="Distributed_computing" title="Distributed computing">Distributed computing</a></div>
<p><a href="Parallel_computing" title="Parallel computing">Parallel processing</a> is the use of multiple <a href="CPU" class="mw-redirect" title="CPU">CPU</a>’s to execute different sections of a program together. The terms "concurrent computing," "parallel computing," and "distributed computing" do not have a clear distinction between them.<sup id="cite_ref-Ghosh1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ghosh1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parallel computing today involves the utilization of a single computer with <a href="Multi-core_processor" title="Multi-core processor">multi-core processors</a> or multiple computers that are connected over a network working on the same task.<sup id="cite_ref-View-Power_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-View-Power-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-llnltut_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-llnltut-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the case of Distributed GIS, parallel computing using multi-core processors on the same machine would be where the line starts to blur between traditional desktop GIS and distributed. When done in different locations, it is much clearer. As parallel computing has become the dominant paradigm in <a href="Computer_architecture" title="Computer architecture">computer architecture</a>, mainly in the form of <a href="Multi-core_processor" title="Multi-core processor">multi-core processors</a>, this is important to mention.<sup id="cite_ref-View-Power_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-View-Power-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Today, there are many examples of applying parallel computing to GIS. For example, <a href="Remote_sensing" title="Remote sensing">remote sensing</a> and surveying equipment have been providing vast amounts of spatial information, and how to manage, process or dispose of this data have become major issues in the field of <a href="Geographic_Information_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographic Information Science">Geographic Information Science</a> (GIS).<sup id="cite_ref-ieeexplore.ieee.org_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ieeexplore.ieee.org-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To solve these problems there has been much research into the area of parallel processing of GIS information. This involves the utilization of a single computer with multiple processors or multiple computers that are connected over a network working on the same task, or series of tasks. The <a href="Hadoop" class="mw-redirect" title="Hadoop">hadoop</a> framework has been used successfully in GIS processing.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Organization_GIS">Organization GIS</h3></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Enterprise_GIS">Enterprise GIS</h4></div>
<p>Enterprise GIS refers to a geographical information system that integrates geographic data across multiple departments and serves the whole organisation.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The basic idea of an enterprise GIS is to deal with departmental needs collectively instead of individually. When organisations started using <a href="GIS" class="mw-redirect" title="GIS">GIS</a> in the 1960s and 1970s, the focus was on individual projects where individual users created and maintained data sets on their own desktop computers. Due to extensive interaction and work-flow between departments, many organisations have in recent years switched from independent, stand-alone GIS systems to more integrated approaches that share resources and applications.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Some of the potential benefits that an enterprise GIS can provide include significantly reduced redundancy of data across the system, improved accuracy and integrity of geographic information, and more efficient use and sharing of data.<sup id="cite_ref-Sipes2005_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sipes2005-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since data is one of the most significant investments in any GIS program, any approach that reduces acquisition costs while maintaining data quality is important. The implementation of an enterprise GIS may also reduce the overall GIS maintenance and support costs providing a more effective use of departmental GIS resources. Data can be integrated and used in decision making processes across the whole organisation.<sup id="cite_ref-Sipes2005_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sipes2005-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Corporate_GIS">Corporate GIS</h4></div>
<p>A corporate <a href="Geographical_Information_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographical Information System">Geographical Information System</a>, is similar to Enterprise GIS and satisfies the spatial information needs of an organisation as a whole in an integrated manner.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Corporate GIS consists of four technological elements which are <a href="Data" title="Data">data</a>, <a href="Technical_standard" title="Technical standard">standards</a>, <a href="Information_technology" title="Information technology">information technology</a> and personnel with expertise. It is a coordinated approach that moves away from fragmented desktop GIS. The design of a corporate GIS includes the construction of a centralised corporate <a href="Database" title="Database">database</a> that is designed to be the principle resource for an entire organisation. The corporate database is specifically designed to efficiently and effectively suit the requirements of the organisation. Essential to a corporate GIS is the effective management of the corporate database and the establishment of standards such as <a href="Open_Geospatial_Consortium" title="Open Geospatial Consortium">OGC</a> for mapping and database technologies.
</p><p>Benefits include that all the users in the organisation have access to shared, complete, accurate, high quality and up-to-date data. All the users in the organisation also have access to shared technology and people with expertise. This improves the efficiency and effectiveness of the organisation as a whole. A successfully managed corporate database reduces redundant collection and storage of information across the organisation. By centralising resources and efforts, it reduces the overall cost.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Internet_GIS">Internet GIS</h3></div>
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<p><a href="Internet_GIS" title="Internet GIS">Internet GIS</a> is broad set of technologies and applications that employ the <a href="Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> to access, analyze, visualize, and distribute <a href="Spatial_data" class="mw-redirect" title="Spatial data">spatial data</a> via <a href="Geographic_information_system" title="Geographic information system">geographic information systems</a> (GIS).<sup id="cite_ref-Internet_GIS_Zhong1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internet_GIS_Zhong1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Internet_GIS_Moretz1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internet_GIS_Moretz1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Internet_GIS_Zhang1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internet_GIS_Zhang1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Internet_GIS_Ezekiel1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internet_GIS_Ezekiel1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Internet_GIS_Rowland1_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internet_GIS_Rowland1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Internet GIS is an outgrowth of traditional GIS, and represents a shift from conducting GIS on an individual computer to working with remotely distributed data and functions.<sup id="cite_ref-Internet_GIS_Zhong1_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internet_GIS_Zhong1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two major issues in GIS are accessing and distributing spatial data and GIS outputs.<sup id="cite_ref-Internet_GIS_DeMers1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internet_GIS_DeMers1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Internet GIS helps to solve that problem by allowing users to access vast databases impossible to store on a single desktop computer, and by allowing rapid dissemination of both maps and raw data to others.<sup id="cite_ref-Internet_GIS_Plew1_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internet_GIS_Plew1-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Internet_GIS_DeMers1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internet_GIS_DeMers1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These methods include both <a href="File_sharing" title="File sharing">file sharing</a> and <a href="Email" title="Email">email</a>. This has enabled the general public to participate in map creation and make use of GIS technology.<sup id="cite_ref-Internet_GIS_Hansen1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internet_GIS_Hansen1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Internet_GIS_Plew2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internet_GIS_Plew2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Web_GIS">Web GIS</h4></div>
<div class="excerpt-block"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="Web_GIS" title="Web GIS">Web GIS</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like "><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Web_GIS&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt">
<a href="Web_GIS" title="Web GIS">Web GIS</a>, also known as Web-based GIS, are <a href="Geographic_Information_Systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographic Information Systems">Geographic Information Systems</a> (GIS) that employ the <a href="World_Wide_Web" title="World Wide Web">World Wide Web</a> (the Web) to facilitate the storage, visualization, analysis, and distribution of <a href="Spatial_information" class="mw-redirect" title="Spatial information">spatial information</a> over the <a href="Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Web_GIS_Fu1_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Web_GIS_Fu1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Web_GIS_Fu2_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Web_GIS_Fu2-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Web_GIS_Zhang1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Web_GIS_Zhang1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Web_GIS_Ezekiel1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Web_GIS_Ezekiel1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Web_GIS_Rowland1_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Web_GIS_Rowland1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Web GIS involves using the Web to facilitate GIS tasks traditionally done on a desktop computer, as well as enabling the sharing of maps and spatial data.</div></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mobile_GIS">Mobile GIS</h3></div>
<p>Cell phones and other wireless communication forms have become common in society.<sup id="cite_ref-Zhong1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zhong1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fu1_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fu1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fu2_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fu2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Peterson1_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peterson1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of these devices are connected to the internet and can access internet GIS applications like any other computer.<sup id="cite_ref-Fu1_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fu1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fu2_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fu2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These devices are networked together, using technology such as the <a href="Mobile_web" title="Mobile web">mobile web</a>. Unlike traditional computers, however, these devices generate immense amounts of spatial data available to the device user and many governments and private entities.<sup id="cite_ref-Fu1_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fu1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fu2_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fu2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tools, applications, and hardware used to facilitate GIS through the use of wireless technology is <a href="Mobile_GIS" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobile GIS">mobile GIS</a>. Used by the holder of the device, mobile GIS enables navigation applications like <a href="Google_Maps" title="Google Maps">Google Maps</a> to help the user navigate to a location.<sup id="cite_ref-Fu1_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fu1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fu2_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fu2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When used by private firms, the location data collected can help businesses understand foot traffic in an area to optimize business practices.<sup id="cite_ref-Fu1_28-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fu1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fu2_29-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fu2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Governments can use this data to monitor citizens. Access to locational data by third parties has led to privacy concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-Fu1_28-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fu1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fu2_29-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fu2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>With ~80% of all data deemed to have a spatial component, modern Mobile GIS is a powerful tool.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The number of mobile devices in circulation has surpassed the world's population (2013) with a rapid acceleration in <a href="IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a>, <a href="Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a> and <a href="Windows_8" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a> tablet up-take. Tablets are fast becoming popular for Utility field use. Low-cost MIL-STD-810 certified cases transform consumer tablets into fully ruggedized yet lightweight field-use units at 10% of legacy ruggedized laptop costs.
</p><p>Although not all applications of mobile GIS are limited by the device, many are. These limitations are more applicable to smaller devices such as <a href="Cell_phones" class="mw-redirect" title="Cell phones">cell phones</a> and <a href="Personal_digital_assistant" title="Personal digital assistant">PDAs</a>. Such devices have small screens with poor resolution, limited memory and processing power, a poor (or no) keyboard, and short battery life. Additional limitations can be found in web client-based tablet applications: poor web GUI and device integration, online reliance, and very limited offline web client cache.
</p><p>Mobile GIS has a significant overlap with internet GIS; however, not all mobile GIS employs the internet, much less the mobile web.<sup id="cite_ref-Zhong1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zhong1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, the categories are distinct.<sup id="cite_ref-Zhong1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zhong1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CyberGIS">CyberGIS</h3></div>
<p>CyberGIS, or cyber geographic information science and systems, is a term used to describe the use of <a href="Cyberinfrastructure" title="Cyberinfrastructure">cyberinfrastructure</a>, to perform GIS tasks with storage and processing resources of multiple institutions through, usually through the World Wide Web.<sup id="cite_ref-Wang2010_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wang2010-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CyberGIS focuses on computational and data-intensive geospatial problem-solving within various research and education domains by leveraging the power of distributed computation. CyberGIS has been described as "GIS detached from the desktop and deployed on the web, with the associated issues of hardware, software, data storage, digital networks, people, training and education."<sup id="cite_ref-blogs.esri.com_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blogs.esri.com-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term CyberGIS first entered the literature in 2010, and is predominantly used by the <a href="University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</a> and collaborators to describe their software and research developed to use big data and <a href="High-performance_computing" title="High-performance computing">high-performance computing</a> approaches to collaborative problem-solving.<sup id="cite_ref-Wang2010_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wang2010-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-University_of_Illinois_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-University_of_Illinois-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="CyberGIS_Supercomputer">CyberGIS Supercomputer</h4></div>
<p>In 2014, the CyberGIS Center for Advanced Digital and Spatial Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign received a <a href="National_Science_Foundation" title="National Science Foundation">National Science Foundation</a> major research instrumentation grant to establish ROGER as the first cyberGIS <a href="Supercomputer" title="Supercomputer">supercomputer</a>. ROGER, hosted by the <a href="National_Center_for_Supercomputing_Applications" title="National Center for Supercomputing Applications">National Center for Supercomputing Applications</a>, is optimized to deal with geospatial data and computation and is equipped with:
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<ul><li>approximately six petabytes of raw disk storage with high input/output bandwidth;</li>
<li>solid-state drives for applications demanding high data-access performance;</li>
<li>advanced graphics processing units for exploiting massive parallelism in geospatial computing;</li>
<li>interactive visualization supported with a high-speed network and dynamically provisioned cloud computing resources.</li></ul>
<p>CyberGIS software and tools integrate these system components to support a large number of users who are investigating scientific problems in areas spanning biosciences, engineering, geosciences, and social sciences.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="CyberGIS_Conferences">CyberGIS Conferences</h4></div>
<ul><li>The First International Conference on Space, Time, and CyberGIS<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>The Second International Conference on CyberGIS and Geodesign<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>The Third International Conference on CyberGIS and Geospatial Data Science<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-blogs.esri.com_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blogs.esri.com-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term CyberGIS first entered the literature in 2010, and is predominantly used by the <a href="University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</a> and collaborators to describe their software and research developed to use big data and <a href="High-performance_computing" title="High-performance computing">high-performance computing</a> approaches to collaborative problem-solving.<sup id="cite_ref-Wang2010_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wang2010-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-University_of_Illinois_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-University_of_Illinois-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Applications">Applications</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Location-Based_Services">Location-Based Services</h3></div>
<p><a href="Location-based_service" title="Location-based service">Location-based services</a> (LBS) are services that are distributed wirelessly and provide information relevant to the user's current location. These services include such things as ‘find my nearest …’, directions, and various vehicle monitoring systems, such as the <a href="OnStar" title="OnStar">GM OnStar system</a> amongst others. Location-based services are generally run on mobile phones and PDAs, and are intended for use by the general public more than Mobile GIS systems which are geared towards commercial enterprise. Devices can be located by triangulation using the mobile phone network and/or GPS.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Web_Mapping_Services">Web Mapping Services</h3></div>
<p>A web mapping service is a means of displaying and interacting with maps on the Web. The first web mapping service was the <a href="Xerox_PARC_Map_Viewer" title="Xerox PARC Map Viewer">Xerox PARC Map Viewer</a> built in 1993 and decommissioned in 2000.
</p><p>There have been 3 generations of <a href="Web_map_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Web map service">web map service</a>. The first generation was from 1993 onwards and consisted of simple <a href="Image_maps" class="mw-redirect" title="Image maps">image maps</a> which had a single click function. The second generation was from 1996 onwards and still used <a href="Image_maps" class="mw-redirect" title="Image maps">image maps</a> the one click function. However, they also had zoom and pan capabilities (although slow) and could be customised through the use of the <a href="URL" title="URL">URL</a> <a href="API" title="API">API</a>. The third generation was from 1998 onwards and were the first to include slippy maps. They utilise <a href="Ajax_(programming)" title="Ajax (programming)">AJAX</a> technology which enables seamless panning and zooming. They are customisable using the <a href="URL" title="URL">URL</a> <a href="API" title="API">API</a> and can have extended functionality programmed in using the <a href="Document_Object_Model" title="Document Object Model">DOM</a>.
</p><p>Web map services are based on the concept of the <a href="Image_map" title="Image map">image map</a> whereby this defines the area overlaying an image (e.g. GIF). An <a href="Image_map" title="Image map">image map</a> can be processed client or server side. As functionality is built into the web server, performance is good. Image maps can be dynamic. When image maps are used for geographic purposes, the co-ordinate system must be transformed to the geographical origin to conform to the geographical standard of having the origin at the bottom left corner. Web maps are used for <a href="Location-based_service" title="Location-based service">location-based services</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_search">Local search</h3></div>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Local_search_(Internet)" title="Local search (Internet)">Local search (Internet)</a></div>
<p>Local search is a recent approach to internet searching that incorporates geographical information into search queries so that the links that you return are more relevant to where you are. It developed out of an increasing awareness that many <a href="Search_engine" title="Search engine">search engine</a> users are using it to look for a business or service in the local area. Local search has stimulated the development of web mapping, which is used either as a tool to use in geographically restricting your search (see <a href="Live_Search_Maps" class="mw-redirect" title="Live Search Maps">Live Search Maps</a>) or as an additional resource to be returned along with search result listings (see <a href="Google_Maps" title="Google Maps">Google Maps</a>). It has also led to an increase in the number of small businesses
advertising on the web.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mashups">Mashups</h3></div>
<p>In distributed GIS, the term mashup refers to a generic web service which combines content and functionality from disparate sources; mashups reflect a separation of information and presentation. Mashups are increasingly being used in commercial and government applications as well as in the public domain.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When used in GIS, it reflects the concept of connecting an application with a mapping service. An examples is combining Google maps with <a href="Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> crime statistics to create the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517061731/http://www.chicagocrime.org/map">Chicago crime statistics map</a>. Mashups are fast, provide value for money and remove responsibility for the data from the creator.
</p><p>Second-generation systems provide mashups mainly based on URL parameters, while Third generation systems (e.g. Google Maps) allow customization via script (e.g. JavaScript).<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Standards">Standards</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Open_Geospatial_Consortium">Open Geospatial Consortium</h3></div>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Open_Geospatial_Consortium" title="Open Geospatial Consortium">Open Geospatial Consortium</a></div>
<p>The main standards for Distributed GIS are provided by the <a href="Open_Geospatial_Consortium" title="Open Geospatial Consortium">Open Geospatial Consortium</a> (OGC). OGC is a non-profit international group that seeks to Web-Enable GIS and, in turn Geo-Enable the web. One of the major issues concerning distributed GIS is the interoperability of the data since it can come in different formats using different projection systems. OGC standards seek to provide interoperability between data and to integrate existing data.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Global_System_for_Mobile_Communications">Global System for Mobile Communications</h3></div>
<p>Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is a global standard for mobile phones around the world. Networks using the GSM system offer transmission of voice, data, and messages in text and multimedia form and provide web, telenet, FTP, email services, etc., over the mobile network. Almost two million people are now using GSM. Five main standards of GSM exist: GSM 400, GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM-1800 (DCS), and GSM1900 (PCS). GSM 850 and GSM 1900 are used in North America, parts of Latin America, and parts of Africa. In Europe, Asia, and Australia GSM 900/1800 standard is used.
</p><p>GSM consists of two components: the mobile radio telephone and <a href="Subscriber_Identity_Module" class="mw-redirect" title="Subscriber Identity Module">Subscriber Identity Module</a>. GSM is a <a href="Cellular_network" title="Cellular network">cellular network</a>, which is a radio network made up of a number of cells. For each cell, the transmitter (known as a base station) is transmitting and receiving signals. The base station is controlled through the Base Station Controller via the Mobile Switching Centre.
</p><p>For GSM enhancement <a href="General_Packet_Radio_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="General Packet Radio Service">General Packet Radio Service</a> (GPRS), a packet-oriented data service for data transmission, and <a href="Universal_Mobile_Telecommunications_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Mobile Telecommunications System">Universal Mobile Telecommunications System</a> (UTMS), the Third Generation (<a href="3G" title="3G">3G</a>) mobile communication system, technology was introduced. Both provide similar services to 2G, but with greater <a href="Bandwidth_(signal_processing)" title="Bandwidth (signal processing)">bandwidth</a> and speed.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wireless_Application_Protocol">Wireless Application Protocol</h3></div>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Wireless_Application_Protocol" title="Wireless Application Protocol">Wireless Application Protocol</a></div>
<p><a href="Wireless_Application_Protocol" title="Wireless Application Protocol">Wireless Application Protocol</a> (WAP) is a standard for the data transmission of internet content and services. It is a secure specification that allows users to access information instantly via mobile phones, pagers, two-way radios, smartphones, and communicators. WAP supports <a href="HTML" title="HTML">HTML</a> and <a href="XML" title="XML">XML</a>, and <a href="Wireless_Markup_Language" title="Wireless Markup Language">WML</a> language, and is specifically designed for small screens and one-hand navigation without a keyboard. WML is scalable from two-line text displays up to the graphical screens found on smartphones. It is much stricter than HTML and is similar to <a href="JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
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<ul><li><a href="AM/FM/GIS" title="AM/FM/GIS">AM/FM/GIS</a></li>
<li><a href="ArcGIS" title="ArcGIS">ArcGIS</a></li>
<li><a href="Automotive_navigation_system" title="Automotive navigation system">Automotive navigation system</a></li>
<li><a href="Cadastral_map" class="mw-redirect" title="Cadastral map">Cadastral map</a></li>
<li><a href="Collaborative_mapping" title="Collaborative mapping">Collaborative mapping</a></li>
<li><a href="Comparison_of_GIS_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Comparison of GIS software">Comparison of GIS software</a></li>
<li><a href="Concepts_and_Techniques_in_Modern_Geography" title="Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography">Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography</a></li>
<li><a href="Counter-mapping" title="Counter-mapping">Counter-mapping</a></li>
<li><a href="Digital_geological_mapping" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital geological mapping">Digital geological mapping</a></li>
<li><a href="Geographic_information_systems_in_geospatial_intelligence" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographic information systems in geospatial intelligence">Geographic information systems in geospatial intelligence</a></li>
<li><a href="Geodatabase_(Esri)" title="Geodatabase (Esri)">Geodatabase (Esri)</a></li>
<li><a href="Geomatics" title="Geomatics">Geomatics</a></li>
<li><a href="GIS_and_aquatic_science" title="GIS and aquatic science">GIS and aquatic science</a></li>
<li><a href="GIS_and_public_health" title="GIS and public health">GIS and public health</a></li>
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