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Multi-source geospatial information integration and sharing in Virtual Globes

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Massive volumes of global geospatial information are being collected by newly designed acquisition devices and generated by various geospatial applications. This poses a critical challenge to efficiently organize and effectively integrate global multi-source geospatial information. This paper introduces a global seamless data model for the organization of huge multi-source, multi-resolution and multi-temporal geospatial data. Based on this data model, the management of the global multi-resolution pyramid is discussed in detail. To integrate geospatial data and processing functions from various GIS systems, a service-oriented framework is presented through the technology of Virtual Globe. Finally, a Virtual Globe system, GeoGlobe, is developed and illustrated.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China

    JianYa Gong, LongGang Xiang, Jing Chen & Peng Yue

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Gong, J., Xiang, L., Chen, J. et al. Multi-source geospatial information integration and sharing in Virtual Globes. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 53 (Suppl 1), 1–6 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-010-3216-0

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