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Impact of user concurrency in commonly used OGC map server implementations

Authors:
Joan Masó-Pau
Paula Díaz-Redondo
Xavier Pons-Fernández
José L. Monteagudo-Pereira
Joan Serra-Sagristà
Francesc Aulí-Llinàs

Keywords: server; WMS; tile; response time; cluster; performance.

Abstract:
In emergency situations, it is of paramount importance that accurate assessments showing what is happening in the field, and when and where it is happening, are distributed quickly. This increases the aid workers’ awareness of the situation and can be used to organize the workers more efficiently. The increasing number of satellite images available means that new data can be obtained rapidly and the information can be kept constantly up to date. These data can be distributed easily using open standards over the Internet. In a large post-disaster event, the demand for information increases dramatically, which can negatively impact the performance of the services provided. Here, we assess seven of the most popular server solutions (GeoServer, MapServer, MiraMon Map Server, Express Server, ArcGIS Server, TileCache and GeoWebCache) for map service standards (WMS, WMTS, WMTS-C, TMS), and compare their response times, user functionalities and usability.

Pages: 179 to 186

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: October 23, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3484

ISBN: 978-1-61208-161-8

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from October 23, 2011 to October 29, 2011