CURRENT CHALLENGES IN DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
CURRENT CHALLENGES IN DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Summary/Abstract: The value of quality geospatial information has been already proved to lay at the heart of decision making processes having impact in many fields of activity. While thiking about environment, social, climate change or security problems, the geospatial information is subject to new and more effective data acquisition, high performance computing or storage and archiving systems. However, higher and higher demand has leaded to more and more advanced systems providing access to huge quantities of data which today are estimed to reach very quickly rates of tera bytes per day. To face this obvious challenges, raised mainly by the quantity and the high speed, both technical and organizational aspects need to be considered. After analysizing the current context in which the new sources of geospatial data are presented togther with their volume, variety and speed characteristics, some technical, legal and organizational challenges are emphasized ans possible ways to treat them are also discussed.

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