TerraService.NET: An Introduction to Web Services
Tom Barclay, Jim Gray, Eric Strand, Steve Ekblad, Jeffrey Richter

TL;DR
This paper introduces TerraService.NET, a web service for geo-spatial data integration, discussing its design, implementation, deployment, and application in USDA projects without major database changes.
Contribution
It presents the design and deployment of a geo-spatial web service integrated with TerraServer, demonstrating practical applications and guidelines for similar systems.
Findings
Successful integration of TerraService.NET with existing databases
Development of USDA applications utilizing web services
No major structural changes needed for database integration
Abstract
This article explores the design and construction of a geo-spatial Internet web service application from the host web site perspective and from the perspective of an application using the web service. The TerraService.NET web service was added to the popular TerraServer database and web site with no major structural changes to the database. The article discusses web service design, implementation, and deployment concepts and design guidelines. Web services enable applications that aggregate and interact with information and resources from Internet-scale distributed servers. The article presents the design of two USDA applications that interoperate with database and web service resources in Fort Collins Colorado and the TerraService web service located in Tukwila Washington.
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Taxonomy
TopicsData Management and Algorithms · Advanced Database Systems and Queries · Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications
