The complex and proprietary nature of geospatial data makes them almost non-sharable among large user community. GIS interoperability is necessary for realizing a successful spatial data infrastructure. With the advancements of web service technology, GIS interoperability has made a paradigm shift – from monolithic GIS providers to distributed geospatial services. The applicability of web servi...

Data availability: Accession codes: All the data generated and described in this article have been submitted to the NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/). The NGS data were submitted under accession number GSE62010 (URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/ query/acc.cgi?acc= GSE62017), The microarray data were submitted under accession number GSE62011 (URL: http://ww...

The recent integration of the internet with geo-information systems (GIS) has evolved the concept of Internet Distributed GeoInformation Services. Numerous research and implementation studies of standards of metadata, geo-libraries, data storage and retrieval etc. are being done giving way to exchange and share of geo-information. However, very little effort has gone into making it possible to ...

Most of the environmental problems have an obvious spatial dimension and Geographic Information System (GIS) are widely used for solving environmental problems. Service oriented architecture in distributed computing environment with loosely coupled geo-services is a new approach for using GIS services in environmental modeling. The messages exchanged must follow a set of standard protocols whic...

Defining the geo-information sector and estimating its economic value on a national level is difficult and standard methodologies are not available. The aim of this paper is to clearly define the geo-information sector and to measure its economic value in terms of turnover, employment, activities and the market. The results of the survey in the Netherlands estimate the economic value of the Dut...

The Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) project was initiated at NCBI in 1999 in response to the growing demand for a public repository for data generated from high-throughput microarray experiments. GEO has a flexible and open design that allows the submission, storage, and retrieval of many types of data sets, such as those from high-throughput gene expression, genomic hybridization, and antibody a...

Geo-replication is the process of maintaining copies of data at geographically dispersed datacenters for better availability and fault-tolerance. The distinguishing characteristic of geo-replication is the large wide-area latency between datacenters that varies widely depending on the location of the datacenters. Thus, choosing which datacenters to deploy a cloud application has a direct impact...

In this paper, the concept of geo-referenced 3D map and its applications have been discussed. The major contribution is that it adopts geo-referenced images for various applications. Next generation 3D map, which is realistic, image-based, is able to provide 3D geometry measurements and various geo-location services. The methodology and development process has been introduced. Experiments for t...

This study focuses on the deployments of UN peacekeeping operations within intra-state armed conflicts in Africa. The statement problem and objective is to demonstrate amidst significant roles that deployed Africa have played are still playing, nonetheless growing geostrategic infiltration from hegemonic states as well other member where troops drawn constitute different mitigate conflicts. ver...

A key question for European energy transition is which forms of renewable technologies will play a central role in this process. The recent dynamic growth offshore wind power together with the vast potential seas, including Baltic Sea, make technology an increasingly attractive and viable option. Considering high installation connection costs, government support considered essential development...