that is: Doesn’t degrade in performance as the data size increases Is a plug-n-play service that can be used in a variety of applications Can run in a private or public cloud Scalable Modular Online
DEM tiles - Metadata Scalable Internal Storage Spatial Index Spatial Queries: “What exists here?” User action or query Input geospatial data with metadata (customer, projection, dates etc) Data is indexed using proprietary, patent- pending algorithms The applications process the data based on their needs and display it to the user Return data and attributes Application specific processing Other applications “ask” for and receive data based on their needs 1 2 3 4