Systems Research (WebGIS)
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Research on WebGIS …
- WebGIS: We made several original and novel contributions to the advancement of WebGIS through the UMN-MapServer. UMN-MapServer was at the forefront of WebGIS development in the early 2000 and to-date still one of the more popular WebGIS in the world (more than 50,000 registered users). In particular, I (i) demonstrated the first load-balancing client server architecture based on the tradeoffs between computation and communication costs; and (ii) developed the first online geo-processing (OLGP) capabilities in the MapServer. UMN-MapServer is a trendsetter: many of the innovations in MapServer predate OGC standards, and the leading Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G) has its roots in GRASS and MapServer communities. In addition to the strong worldwide user base, MapServer research was published in leading conferences.
- Ranga Raju Vatsavai, Thomas E. Burk, Stephen Lime, Marco Hugentobler, Andreas Neumann, Christian Strobl: Open-Source GIS. Springer Handbook of Geographic Information 2012: 579-595
- Ranga Raju Vatsavai, Thomas E. Burk, Stephen Lime: University of Minnesota (UMN) Map Server. Encyclopedia of GIS 2008: 1197-1205
- Ranga Raju Vatsavai, Shashi Shekhar, Thomas E. Burk, Stephen Lime: UMN-MapServer: A High-Performance, Interoperable, and Open Source Web Mapping and Geo-spatial Analysis System. GIScience 2006: 400-417
- Shashi Shekhar, Ranga Raju Vatsavai, Namita Sahay, Thomas E. Burk, Stephen Lime: WMS and GML based Interoperable Web Mapping System. The ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (SIGSPATIAL/GIS) 2001: 106-111
- Ranga Raju Vatsavai, Thomas E. Burk, B. Tyler Wilson, Shashi Shekhar: A Web-based browsing and spatial analysis system for regional natural resource analysis and mapping. The ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (SIGSPATIAL/GIS) 2000: 95-101