Gowthami Bainabaina Author

Opinion Article Open Access

Cloud Computing – next destination of geospatial and geoinformation system

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Gowthami Bainabaina*

GIS Cloud is perfect tool for upgrade conventional GIS applications by providing a broad spectrum of services to users across the world, Cloud computing is similar with concept of a utility in which an organization can sign in virtual environment and use the computing resources available as-required basis, Cloud computing have five key characteristics on-demand self-service; rapid elasticity; locationindependent resource pooling; ubiquitous network access; and payper-use, and [1]three delivery models like SaaS — software as a service, PaaS — platform as a service, and IaaS — infrastructure as a service and also four deployment models - private, public, community, and hybrid. Cloud computing have global approach and encompasses the entire computing stack. It provides a ... view more»

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