List of contributors |
Preface |
Introduction |
Science needs and challenges for geoinformatics / G. Randy Keller1: |
Introduction to IT concepts and challenges / Chaitanya Baru2: |
Case studies from other disciplines / Part I: |
Semantic cyberinfrastrucrure: The Virtual Solar-Terrestrial Observatory / Peter Fox ; Deborah L. Mcguinness ; Vsto Team3: |
Cyberinfrastructures for life sciences and biomedicine / Sriram Krishnan ; Ravi Madduri4: |
Modeling software and community codes / Part II: |
Development, verification, and maintenance of computational software in geodynamics / Michael Gurnis ; Walter Landry ; Eh Tan ; Luis Armendariz ; Leif Strand ; Michael Aivazis5: |
Parallel finite element modeling of multi-timescale faulting and lithospheric deformation in western USA / Mian Liu ; Youqing Yang ; Qingsong Li ; Gang Luo ; Huai Zhang6: |
Next-generation plate-tectonic reconstructions using GPlates / James A. Boyden ; R. Dietmar Müller ; Trond H. Torsvik ; James A. Clark ; Mark Turner ; Hamish Ivey-Law ; Robin J. Watson ; John S. Cannon7: |
Visualization and data representation / Part III: |
Visualization of seismic model data / Amit Chourasia8: |
The Unavco Geon Integrated Data Viewer for exploration, analysis, and integration of geoscience data / Stuart Wier ; Charles Meertens9: |
Knowledge management and data integration / Part IV: |
Data and tools for geologic timelines and timescales / Peter M. Sadler ; Cinzia Cervato10: |
Modeling geodynamic processes with ontologies / Hassan A. Babaie11: |
Web services and scientific workflows / Part V: |
Service orientation in the design of a community hydrologic information system / Ilya Zaslavsky ; David R. Maidment12: |
Web services for seismic data archives / Robert Casey ; Timothy K. Ahern13: |
Development of robust data system for gravity and magnetic anomaly data: A case study of a community-based effort for point data / Raed Aldouri14: |
Scientific workflows for the geosciences: An emerging approach to building integrated data analysis systems / Ilkay Altintas ; Daniel Crawl ; Christopher J. Crosby ; Peter Cornillon15: |
Online access and processing of LiDAR topography data / J Ramón Arrowsmith ; Viswanath Nandigam16: |
Use of abstraction to support geoscientists' understanding and production of scientific artifacts / Ann Q. Gates ; Paulo Pinheiro Da Silva ; Leonardo Salayandia ; Omar Ochoa ; Aida Gandara ; Nicholas Del Rio17: |
Emerging international and other efforts / Part VI: |
It's not your data, it's everyone's: The benefits of a corporate approach to scientific information / Ian Jackson ; Richard Hughes18: |
Topo-Europe and cyberinfrastructure: Quantifying coupled deep earth - surface processes in 4-D / S.A.P.L. Cloetingh ; H.P. Bunge19: |
OneGeology - from concept to global project / 20: |
Geoinformatics developments in Germany / Jens Klump ; Joachim Wáchter ; Peter Löwe ; Ralf Bill ; Matthias Lendholt21: |
iGEON: Networking the Indian geosciences community through GEON / K. V. subbarao ; Arun Agarwal ; Rajeev Wankar22: |
Geoinformatics in the public service: Building a cyberinfrastructure across the geological surveys / M. Lee Allison ; Linda C. Gundersen ; Stephen M. Richard23: |
Application of the US Geoscience Information Network to deploying a national geothermal data system / Ryan Clark ; Wolfgang Grunberg24: |
Index |
List of contributors |
Preface |
Introduction |
Science needs and challenges for geoinformatics / G. Randy Keller1: |
Introduction to IT concepts and challenges / Chaitanya Baru2: |
Case studies from other disciplines / Part I: |