TY - GEN
T1 - Developing analytical GIS applications with GEO-SPADE
T2 - 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2010
AU - Kisilevich, Slava
AU - Keim, Daniel
AU - Lasry, Amit
AU - Bam, Leon
AU - Rokach, Lior
PY - 2011/1/1
Y1 - 2011/1/1
N2 - Geographic Information Systems (GIS) handle a wide range of problems that involve spatial distribution data fromfields as diverse as housing, healthcare, transportation, cartography, criminology, and many others. Selecting the right GIS is determined by the task the user wishes to perform. Some considerations may include the availability of analytical functions, performance, ease of use, interoperability, extensibility, etc. Nowadays, as positioning technology proliferates and affects almost all aspects of our lives, GIS tools have become more and more complex as researchers seek to address and implement, respectively, new spatial tasks and techniques. Due to the rapid growth of GIS in recent years, many provide APIs for extending their software for specific needs. But learning a complex set of API functions, is not feasible in scenarios that demand rapid prototyping like in academic research or when the tool is supposed to be used by non-professionals. In this paper, we present three case studies that are performed on top of a GEO-SPADE, a Google Earth-based .NET-based framework that we developed. Unlike the typical APIs, that may often contain more than hundred or thousand of functions from different logical layers, the GEO-SPADE framework provides only the minimal set of functions for plug-in development, networking, and visualization using Google Earth engine. The extended functionality is provided by the developer and depends on her knowledge of the underlying language. At the same time, the ease of use is achieved by the functionality of Google Earth. The three presented case studies showcase the applicability of the Google Earth-based framework in different domains with different analytical tasks (spatial analysis, spatial exploration, and spatial decision support).
AB - Geographic Information Systems (GIS) handle a wide range of problems that involve spatial distribution data fromfields as diverse as housing, healthcare, transportation, cartography, criminology, and many others. Selecting the right GIS is determined by the task the user wishes to perform. Some considerations may include the availability of analytical functions, performance, ease of use, interoperability, extensibility, etc. Nowadays, as positioning technology proliferates and affects almost all aspects of our lives, GIS tools have become more and more complex as researchers seek to address and implement, respectively, new spatial tasks and techniques. Due to the rapid growth of GIS in recent years, many provide APIs for extending their software for specific needs. But learning a complex set of API functions, is not feasible in scenarios that demand rapid prototyping like in academic research or when the tool is supposed to be used by non-professionals. In this paper, we present three case studies that are performed on top of a GEO-SPADE, a Google Earth-based .NET-based framework that we developed. Unlike the typical APIs, that may often contain more than hundred or thousand of functions from different logical layers, the GEO-SPADE framework provides only the minimal set of functions for plug-in development, networking, and visualization using Google Earth engine. The extended functionality is provided by the developer and depends on her knowledge of the underlying language. At the same time, the ease of use is achieved by the functionality of Google Earth. The three presented case studies showcase the applicability of the Google Earth-based framework in different domains with different analytical tasks (spatial analysis, spatial exploration, and spatial decision support).
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-19802-1_34
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-19802-1_34
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84876274840
SN - 9783642198014
T3 - Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
SP - 495
EP - 511
BT - Enterprise Information Systems - 12th International Conference, ICEIS 2010, Revised Selected Papers
PB - Springer Verlag
Y2 - 8 June 2010 through 12 June 2010
ER -
