Lecture06 GIS Hardware Software System Architecture and Design.pptVIP

GISHardware/SoftwareSystem Architecture and Design GIS Software system components User interface Tools and functions Data manager System architecture configurations Desktop Client-server Centralized desktop Centralized server GIS software categories Desktop Server (Internet) Developer Hand-held Other GIS Characteristics Detailed, high resolution graphic displays Large data files Intensive data analysis/computation Need powerful workstations Need powerful servers for data retrieval and batch processing Need high capacity networks Information System Components Computer hardware: physical mac