Using Terminal Services to Serve Geospatial Software and Data Resources of Corps Project Offices

Abstract

Advances in geographic information systems (GIS) are causing the technology to no longer be considered a separate entity, but rather an integral component of the overall information technology infrastructure. Most GIS platforms are moving from simple file-based data structures to complex spatial geodatabases built within large-scale database platforms, such as Oracle. The move toward centralized databases has many ramifications for how geospatial tools and data are distributed throughout a complex organization such as the Corps of Engineers. Project offices, in particular, represent a special challenge due to the limitations of their network connections to the district offices. Windows Terminal Server technology represents one solution for serving these resources to project and field offices. This document addresses some of the technical issues related to the use of this technology and some of the advantages and limitations of such an approach.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA417623

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People

  • Mark R. Graves

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  • Engineer Research and Development Center

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  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

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  • Communications Protocols
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Control Panels
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Distributed Computing
  • Engineers
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Information Systems
  • Network Computing
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  • Operating Systems
  • Relational Database Management Systems
  • Standards
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  • Computer science

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  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
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