Unified Geospatial Data Routing for Map Server Provisioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing map services face challenges in efficiently exposing and managing large datasets for geospatial data visualization, particularly in deploying and provisioning map servers and data partitions across multiple applications.
Innovation Solution
A unified geospatial data visualization solution that includes a geospatial service routing domain application requests to appropriate map servers for rendering map tiles, utilizing a platform configuration tier to manage deployment and provisioning of map servers, and implementing access controls to ensure secure and efficient data access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If map services are exposed through web applications to allow users to create and share interactive maps utilizing large datasets, then the ability to visualize and analyze geospatial data is improved, but the complexity of deploying and provisioning map servers and data partitions increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments geospatial data into discrete map tiles that can be independently stored, managed, and served. This segmentation allows the complex task of handling large geospatial datasets to be broken down into manageable units, reducing the provisioning complexity while maintaining visualization capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces map services as an intermediary layer between web applications and the underlying map server infrastructure. This intermediary abstracts the complexity of server deployment and data partition management, allowing users to create and share interactive maps without directly managing the complex backend infrastructure.
2Productivity
If multiple domain applications access geospatial data through a unified service, then resource utilization and operational efficiency are improved, but the need for robust access control and authorization mechanisms increases complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The geospatial service is designed as a universal platform that can serve multiple domain applications through a single unified interface. This multi-functionality allows different applications to access geospatial data through the same service infrastructure, improving resource utilization while the service internally manages the complexity of access control for different application types.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements authorization mechanisms that provide feedback control for access management. The geospatial service evaluates authorization requests and provides feedback decisions, enabling secure access control while maintaining operational efficiency through automated decision-making rather than manual access management.
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AI summary
A method implements a unified geo spatial data visualization solution. The method includes receiving, at a geospatial service, a first domain application request of a set of domain application requests from a set of domain applications. The method further includes authorizing the first domain application request. The method further includes routing the first domain application request using a first platform configuration tier to a first client device to render a first map tile using first geospatial data. The first map tile may be displayed on the first client device. The method further includes routing a second domain application request of the set of domain application requests using a second platform configuration tier to a second map server to render a second map tile using second geospatial data. The second map tile may be displayed on a second client device.