Podcast: Cloud Computing in Geospatial

By Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg
August 10, 2009

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Cloud computing is on everyone's list of buzz words this summer. What does the phrase mean? And what does it mean in geospatial arena? We offer some definitions and ways to think about the new computing platform and look at what's happening now and may be ahead for geospatial technology practitioners.

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Good priview in to Cloud Computing (#1) by Harsha Vardhan, GIS Development
Date: August 17, 2009 10:03 AM

Thanks to the editors for providing a good preview in to Cloud Computing in Geospatial.

When Adena was mentioning the origin of Computing in general, she has missed Grid Computing. I feel, there are major similarities to cloud, especially when you talk of infrastructure as a service.

This is where I would like to hear from you - On the status of usage of Grid Computing in GIS, and what were the hindrances for adopting the same. And on how cloud computing can help to solve those problems in the area of computing.

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