Big Data: Techniques and Technologies in Geoinformatics/

Chapter 1. Distributed and Parallel Computing
Monir H. Sharker, Hassan A. Karimi


Chapter 2. GEOSS Clearinghouse
Chaowei Yang, Kai Liu, Zhenlong Li, Wenwen Li, Huayi Wu, Jizhe Xia, Qunying Huang, Jing Li, Min Sun, Lizhi Miao, Nanyin Zhou, Doug Nebert


Chapter 3. Using a Cloud Computing Environment to Process Large 3D Spatial Datasets
Ramanathan Sugumaran, Jeffrey Burnett, Marc P. Armstrong


Chapter 4. Building Open Environments to Meet Big Data Challenges in Earth Sciences
Meixia Deng, Liping Di


Chapter 5. Developing Online Visualization and Analysis Services for NASA Satellite-Derived Global Precipitation Products during the Big Geospatial Data Era
Zhong Liu, Dana Ostrenga, William Teng, Steven Kempler


Chapter 6. Algorithmic Design Considerations for Geospatial and/or Temporal Big Data
Terence van Zyl


Chapter 7. Machine Learning on Geospatial Big Data
Terence van Zyl


Chapter 8. Spatial Big Data
Michael R. Evans, Dev Oliver, Xun Zhou, Shashi Shekhar


Chapter 9. Exploiting Big VGI to Improve Routing and Navigation Services
Mohamed Bakillah, Johannes Lauer, Steve H. L. Liang, Alexander Zipf, Jamal Jokar Arsanjani, Amin Mobasheri, Lukas Loos


Chapter 10. Efficient Frequent Sequence Mining on Taxi Trip Records Using Road Network Shortcuts
Jianting Zhang


Chapter 11. Geoinformatics and Social Media
Arie Croitoru, rew Crooks, Jacek Radzikowski, Anthony Stefanidis, Ranga R. Vatsavai, Nicole Wayant


Chapter 12. Insights and Knowledge Discovery from Big Geospatial Data Using TMC-Pattern
Roland Assam, Thomas Seidl


Chapter 13. Geospatial Cyberinfrastructure for Addressing the Big Data Challenges on the Worldwide Sensor Web
Steve H. L. Liang, Chih-Yuan Huang


Chapter 14. OGC Standards and Geospatial Big Data
Carl Reed