A distributed map animation framework for spatiotemporal datasets

Authors : Ahmet SAYAR

Pages : 683-694

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Maps are an excellent way to present data that have spatial components. However, when the data being presented vary over time, a simple two-dimensional map ignores an important feature of the data. An animated map that shows a series of two-dimensional maps at successive points in time allows one to add a time dimension to the display of data. The current study proposes a distributed service-oriented architecture to create map animations from spatiotemporal datasets. We extend the open standards GIS web services definitions with a topic-based publish-subscribe paradigm, which best suits the animation requirements. The effectiveness of the technique is demonstrated in an exploratory data analysis of Turkey`s earthquake seismic data records at the end of the paper.
Keywords : Distributed systems, Geographic Information Systems GIS, web services, animation, animated map, spatiotemporal data