Open cyberGIS software for geospatial research and education in the big data era

Shaowen Wang; Yan Liu; Anand Padmanabhan

doi:10.1016/j.softx.2015.10.003

Open cyberGIS software for geospatial research and education in the big data era

Shaowen Wang, Yan Liu, Anand Padmanabhan

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Abstract

CyberGIS represents an interdisciplinary field combining advanced cyberinfrastructure, geographic information science and systems (GIS), spatial analysis and modeling, and a number of geospatial domains to improve research productivity and enable scientific breakthroughs. It has emerged as new-generation GIS that enable unprecedented advances in data-driven knowledge discovery, visualization and visual analytics, and collaborative problem solving and decision-making. This paper describes three open software strategies–open access, source, and integration–to serve various research and education purposes of diverse geospatial communities. These strategies have been implemented in a leading-edge cyberGIS software environment through three corresponding software modalities: CyberGIS Gateway, Toolkit, and Middleware, and achieved broad and significant impacts.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-5
Number of pages	5
Journal	SoftwareX
Volume	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2015.10.003
State	Published - Mar 16 2015

Keywords

CyberGIS
Cyberinfrastructure
Geospatial big data

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Software
Computer Science Applications

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