After the set-up of a spatial data infrastructure(SDI)and a national information infrastructure(NII)in many countries,the provision of geo-services became one of the most important and attractive tasks.With the integr...After the set-up of a spatial data infrastructure(SDI)and a national information infrastructure(NII)in many countries,the provision of geo-services became one of the most important and attractive tasks.With the integration of global positioning system(GPS),geographic information system(GIS)and remote sensing(RS),we can,in principle,answer any geo-spatial related question:when and where what object has which changes?An intelligent geo-service agent could provide end-users with the most necessary information in the shortest time and at the lowest cost.Unfortunately there is still a long way to go to achieve such goals.The central component in such geo-services is the integration of the spatial information system with a computing grid via wire-and wireless communication networks.This paper will mainly discuss the grid technology and its integration with spatial information technology,expounding potential problems and possible resolutions.A novel categorising of information grids in the context of geospatial information is proposed:generalised and specialised spatial information grids.展开更多
Digital Earth is an information expression of the real Earth,and is a new way of understanding the Earth in the twenty-first century.This paper introduces a Digital Earth Prototype System(DEPS)developed at the Chinese...Digital Earth is an information expression of the real Earth,and is a new way of understanding the Earth in the twenty-first century.This paper introduces a Digital Earth Prototype System(DEPS)developed at the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)and supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.Discussions are made to the theoretical model and technical framework of the Digital Earth,and its related key technologies on spatial information processing,spatial data warehouse technology,virtual reality technology,high-performance and parallel computing.The DEPS consists of seven sub-systems including the spatial data,metadata,model database,Grid geoscience computing,spatial information database,maps service and virtual reality.Meanwhile,we developed a series of application systems such as the environment monitoring for the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing,natural disasters evaluation,digital city,digital archeology,Asia regional aerosol and climate change.The DEPS/CAS displayed the application ability and potential of the Digital Earth in three levels:the global,national and regional.展开更多
Digital Earth is an important field of information technology and a research frontier of geosciences in the 21st century.So far,the Grid computing technique is one of the best solutions for Digital Earth infrastructur...Digital Earth is an important field of information technology and a research frontier of geosciences in the 21st century.So far,the Grid computing technique is one of the best solutions for Digital Earth infrastructure.Digital Earth can only be realised through the interaction of people,heterogeneous computing resources,information systems,and instruments,all of which are geographically and organisationally dispersed.Earth observation(EO)includes information acquisition,processing and applications.Information acquisition provides a vast amount of spatial data for building the fabric resource infrastructure.Information processing means that spatial information processing middleware is used with large amounts of secure Grid computing resources for real-time processing of all kinds of spatial data.We are currently working on the development of coremiddleware for EO data processing and applications for the Digital Earth Prototype System,which is available in the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications(IRSA),Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)The further results will be available soon.展开更多
Digital lightning is an important thematic branch of the digital earth.Lightning data are complex,momentary,discrete,dynamic and spatio-temporal in nature.Hence,making great progress in their management,analysis and s...Digital lightning is an important thematic branch of the digital earth.Lightning data are complex,momentary,discrete,dynamic and spatio-temporal in nature.Hence,making great progress in their management,analysis and service is challenging.Many studies have been directed towards this field all over the world.Some different relevant systems are currently available.However,most of them focus on a single or a few aspects of lightning applications,rather than taking an overall account of lightning detection,management,analysis and service from the strategic perspective of the digital earth.Lightning disaster also demands a better developed spatial information technology in this field than at present.The idea of the digital earth offers a reasonable scheme to address these issues.Based on reviews of the concept,development and progress of the digital earth,an integrated technical framework of a digital lightning prototype system(DLPS)is proposed,including its data,functions and implementation of subsystems,which aims at the facilitation,management,accessing,visualisation,application,release and sharing of lightning data.Some key technologies are also carefully discussed to facilitate the construction of the DLPS.This framework could provide a helpful guide to future lightning research and hazard mitigation,as well as enrich connotation on the digital earth.So far,there are still many difficulties in multilevel grid construction that need to be solved.展开更多
文摘After the set-up of a spatial data infrastructure(SDI)and a national information infrastructure(NII)in many countries,the provision of geo-services became one of the most important and attractive tasks.With the integration of global positioning system(GPS),geographic information system(GIS)and remote sensing(RS),we can,in principle,answer any geo-spatial related question:when and where what object has which changes?An intelligent geo-service agent could provide end-users with the most necessary information in the shortest time and at the lowest cost.Unfortunately there is still a long way to go to achieve such goals.The central component in such geo-services is the integration of the spatial information system with a computing grid via wire-and wireless communication networks.This paper will mainly discuss the grid technology and its integration with spatial information technology,expounding potential problems and possible resolutions.A novel categorising of information grids in the context of geospatial information is proposed:generalised and specialised spatial information grids.
基金supported by National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,NO.2009CB723906)the Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(NO.KKCX1-YW-01).
文摘Digital Earth is an information expression of the real Earth,and is a new way of understanding the Earth in the twenty-first century.This paper introduces a Digital Earth Prototype System(DEPS)developed at the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)and supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.Discussions are made to the theoretical model and technical framework of the Digital Earth,and its related key technologies on spatial information processing,spatial data warehouse technology,virtual reality technology,high-performance and parallel computing.The DEPS consists of seven sub-systems including the spatial data,metadata,model database,Grid geoscience computing,spatial information database,maps service and virtual reality.Meanwhile,we developed a series of application systems such as the environment monitoring for the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing,natural disasters evaluation,digital city,digital archeology,Asia regional aerosol and climate change.The DEPS/CAS displayed the application ability and potential of the Digital Earth in three levels:the global,national and regional.
基金‘Multi-scale Aerosol Optical Thickness Quantitative Retrieval from Remotely Sensing Data at Urban Area’(40671142)‘Aerosol fast monitoring modelling using MODIS data and middlewares development’(40471091)+1 种基金NSFC,China,‘Digital Earth(KZCX2-312)’funded by CAS,China‘Dynamic Monitoring of Beijing Olympic Environment Using Remote Sensing’(2002BA904B07-2)funded by the MOST,China.
文摘Digital Earth is an important field of information technology and a research frontier of geosciences in the 21st century.So far,the Grid computing technique is one of the best solutions for Digital Earth infrastructure.Digital Earth can only be realised through the interaction of people,heterogeneous computing resources,information systems,and instruments,all of which are geographically and organisationally dispersed.Earth observation(EO)includes information acquisition,processing and applications.Information acquisition provides a vast amount of spatial data for building the fabric resource infrastructure.Information processing means that spatial information processing middleware is used with large amounts of secure Grid computing resources for real-time processing of all kinds of spatial data.We are currently working on the development of coremiddleware for EO data processing and applications for the Digital Earth Prototype System,which is available in the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications(IRSA),Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)The further results will be available soon.
基金The authors would like to appreciate the financial support for this study from the National Key Technology R&D Program of China(Grant#2008BAC36B01)the Program for New Century Excellent Talent of Ministry of Education of China(Grant#NCET-07-0340)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation for Outstanding Scholarship of Hubei Province in China(Grant#2008CDB364)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant#41072199 and 40672179).
文摘Digital lightning is an important thematic branch of the digital earth.Lightning data are complex,momentary,discrete,dynamic and spatio-temporal in nature.Hence,making great progress in their management,analysis and service is challenging.Many studies have been directed towards this field all over the world.Some different relevant systems are currently available.However,most of them focus on a single or a few aspects of lightning applications,rather than taking an overall account of lightning detection,management,analysis and service from the strategic perspective of the digital earth.Lightning disaster also demands a better developed spatial information technology in this field than at present.The idea of the digital earth offers a reasonable scheme to address these issues.Based on reviews of the concept,development and progress of the digital earth,an integrated technical framework of a digital lightning prototype system(DLPS)is proposed,including its data,functions and implementation of subsystems,which aims at the facilitation,management,accessing,visualisation,application,release and sharing of lightning data.Some key technologies are also carefully discussed to facilitate the construction of the DLPS.This framework could provide a helpful guide to future lightning research and hazard mitigation,as well as enrich connotation on the digital earth.So far,there are still many difficulties in multilevel grid construction that need to be solved.
