Abstract
To realize live geoinformation, which is about providing information as soon as it is available, new approaches for instant geoprocessing and efficient resource utilization are required. Currently, such geoprocessing on the web is handled sequentially instead. This article describes a new approach by processing geodata streams and thereby enabling a continuous processing for improved resource utilization rates. In particular, this work applies HTTP Live Streaming for example of standardized geoprocessing services. The approach is evaluated for processing a large volume datasets of OpenStreetMap data. The presented implementation is based on Free and Open Source software.
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The presented work has been supported by Raphael Rupprecht from the Institute for Geoinformatics. We acknowledge the various comments from Bastian Schäffer and input from the Geoprocessing Community of 52°North Open Source initiative. Finally, we are thankful for the valuable comments of the anonymous reviewers.
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Foerster, T., Baranski, B., Borsutzky, H. (2012). Live Geoinformation with Standardized Geoprocessing Services. In: Gensel, J., Josselin, D., Vandenbroucke, D. (eds) Bridging the Geographic Information Sciences. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29063-3_6
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