Big Earth data are produced from satellite observations, Internet-of-Things, model
simulations, and other sources. The data embed unprecedented insights and spatiotemporal …

As the Internet of Things (IoT) penetrates our everyday lives, being used to address a wide
variety of real-life challenges and problems, the location of things becomes an important …

The Geographic Information (GI), also known as geo-spatial data, is the information that
describes phenomena associated directly or indirectly with a location with respect to the …

Spatial data is one of the core components in all information retrieval processes for decision-
making. Spatial data acquisition consumes enormous monetary resources and time. The …

With growing world population and concentration in urban and coastal areas, the exposure
to natural hazards is increasing and results in higher risk of human and economic losses …

Reference data is key to produce reliable crop type and cropland maps. Although research
projects, national and international programs as well as local initiatives constantly gather …

Data owners are creating an ever richer set of information resources online, and these are
being used for more and more applications. Spatial data on the Web is becoming ubiquitous …

Increasing interests in a global environment and climate change have led to studies focused
on the changes in the multinational Arctic region. To facilitate Arctic research, a spatial data …

NoSQL and especially graph databases are constantly gaining popularity among
developers as they promise to deliver superior performance when handling highly …

Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) established during the past two decades “unlocked”
heterogeneous geospatial datasets. The European Union INSPIRE Directive laid down the …