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Geographical Information Systems Participating into the Pervasive Computing

Authors:
Nuhcan Akçit
Emrah Tomur
Mahmut Onur Karslıoğlu

Keywords: GIS; pervasive computing; WEB GIS; mobile GIS; Internet of Things

Abstract:
The popular term “pervasive computing” describes the concept of computers being everywhere. The Geographic Information System (GIS) technology began with completely centralized systems after the influence of the Internet; the GIS then changed into decentralized systems. In the last few years, the GISs have been included in many areas of pervasive computing, such as the Internet of Things and sensor networks. Changing and developing states of the GIS such as Internet, mobile, web GIS, ubiquitous GIS, the Internet of Things and sensor network are the different elements of the evolution. From the beginning of the evolution until today, pervasive computing is described in this study. In addition to GIS as a part of pervasive computing technology, the activity of Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), which works on geospatial and location standards in these technologies, is also discussed. This paper investigates the evolution of GISs from centralized systems to a distributed system, summarizes the steps and use areas of the GISs to participation in pervasive computing, and compares different GISs concepts in application areas. In addition, future trends and expectations of the GISs are included.

Pages: 129 to 137

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: March 23, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-393X

ISBN: 978-1-61208-326-1

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from March 23, 2014 to March 27, 2014