Title :
GEO-WASA-combining GIS technology with workflow management
Author :
Medeiros, Claudia Bauzer ; Vossen, Gottfried ; Weske, Mathias
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Ciencia da Comput., Univ. Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Abstract :
Geoprocessing environments require the cooperation of experts in different fields, using heterogeneous, distributed data, by means of specialized tools, among which GIS-geographic information systems-play a prominent role. However the coordination of such work is time-consuming and error-prone, since a considerable amount of data is processed in parallel, and tools are not integrated, requiring human intervention for process communication. The paper presents GEO-WASA, an environment that helps to solve this problem, by combining the GIS data-oriented view of geoprocessing with the process-centered philosophy of a workflow management system
Keywords :
distributed processing; geographic information systems; office automation; GEO-WASA; GIS data-oriented view; GIS technology; distributed data; geoprocessing environments; heterogeneous data; human intervention; process communication; process-centered philosophy; workflow management system; Application software; Data analysis; Distributed computing; Educational technology; Geographic Information Systems; Graphics; Humans; Memory; Technology management; Workflow management software;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Systems and Software Engineering, 1996., Proceedings of the Seventh Israeli Conference on
Conference_Location :
Herzliya
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7536-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICCSSE.1996.554918
