Developing Mobile Spatial Services for the Geosciences

Mobile information technology offers a new perspective for the geosciences, by providing ubiquitous access to environmental and geoscientific information. With this new instrument the analysis of planning, geoscientific processes, and natural disasters can be supported on-line. In this contribution a geoscientific case study is outlined that shows the potential behind mobile spatial services. First contributions to a system of geoservices usable by on-site clients for geodata management, geodata acquisition, viewing and augmented reality are presented. These clients communicate over network with geodatabase services. Finally, an outlook is given which addresses further research on geospatial services. Research project “Advancement of Geoservices“ (Weiterentwicklung von Geodiensten) funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) by grant no. 03F0373B et al. within the framework of the geotechnologies initiative (http://www.geotechnologien.de). The responsibility for the contents of this publication is by the authors.