Microkernel and Middle-Ware Based GIS Platform Design

Tingyan Xing; Shang Zhang; Fan Zhang

doi:10.4236/pos.2014.52007

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Microkernel and Middle-Ware Based GIS Platform Design ()

Faculty of Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China.
Faculty of Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China; College of Computer and Information Technology, China Three Gorges, Yichang, China.
Zondy Cyber Group Co., Ltd., Optical Valley Software Park, Wuhan, China.

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Abstract

By contrasting the traditional way in which GIS was completed that comes with less flexible, low efficiency, and lack redundancy which cause high entry cost, the fast development of microkernel plug-in technology provides the lightweight, efficient and scalable solution to Geographical Information System (GIS). This paper is to reveal the potential of microkernel plug-in geospatial information processing technology in GIS design and practice, with the acceptance and usage of function model called Resource loading manager(RLM) for GIS applications, which provides a possible solution to overcome the GIS’s high cost issue. After the short review of microkernel plug-in technology, the possibility of GIS design with microkernel is analyzed. This paper also introduced the composition of the whole system and the design of GIS service platform based on middle-ware in detail.

Keywords

Microkernel, LBS, Middle, RLM

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Xing, T. , Zhang, S. and Zhang, F. (2014) Microkernel and Middle-Ware Based GIS Platform Design. Positioning, 5, 53-58. doi: 10.4236/pos.2014.52007.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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