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GeoCENS: a geospatial cyberinfrastructure for the world-wide sensor web.
Steve H L Liang1, Chih-Yuan Huang
1Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada. steve.liang@ucalgary.ca.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|October 25, 2013
Summary
The GeoCENS architecture addresses the sensor web long tail issue by providing essential geospatial cyberinfrastructure. This enables better storage, processing, and delivery of global sensor data, unlocking the full potential of sensor webs.
Area of Science:
- Environmental Science
- Computer Science
- Geospatial Information Science
Background:
- Worldwide sensor webs enable unprecedented environmental monitoring.
- The full potential of sensor webs remains untapped due to data management challenges.
Purpose of the Study:
- To define the sensor web long tail issue.
- To introduce the Geospatial Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Sensing (GeoCENS) architecture.
- To demonstrate GeoCENS' capability in realizing the worldwide sensor web vision.
Main Methods:
- Defined the sensor web long tail problem.
- Proposed a worldwide sensor web architecture.
- Introduced and explained the GeoCENS architecture and its components.
Main Results:
- Demonstrated three real-world applications powered by GeoCENS.
- Showcased GeoCENS' effectiveness in managing large-scale sensor data.
- Validated the GeoCENS architecture's ability to address the sensor web long tail.
Conclusions:
- The GeoCENS architecture successfully addresses the sensor web long tail.
- GeoCENS is crucial for unlocking the full potential of worldwide sensor webs.
- GeoCENS facilitates efficient storage, processing, and delivery of global sensor data.
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