Building a GIS
System Architecture Design Strategies for Managers
Published on 13. January 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
374 pages
978-1-58948-307-1 (ISBN)
Description
Building a GIS, second edition, describes and updates a time-tested approach to system architecture design. Using the Capacity Planning Tool (on the book's DVD), GIS managers and technical architects can try out various system configurations in theory before committing their resources. The book promotes successful GIS operations and is intended for IT experts adopting the technology, GIS professionals new to system design, and executives who need to manage change. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and restructured. Graphics have been updated and numerous illustrations added. Exercises and video presentations on the DVD are designed to help students of system architecture design focus on the most important concepts and hone their expertise.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Redlands
United States
Publishing group
ESRI Press
Illustrations
307
ISBN-13
978-1-58948-307-1 (9781589483071)
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Persons
Dave Peters is manager of Esri's Systems Integration and has been with the company for many years. He travels the world teaching system architecture design to a variety of GIS audiences.
Content
List of figures Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Understanding the GIS software technology Chapter 1: System design process Chapter 2: GIS software technology Chapter 3: Software performance Chapter 4: GIS data administration Part II: Understanding the IT infrastructure Chapter 5: Network communications Chapter 6: GIS product architecture Chapter 7: Platform performance Chapter 8: Information security Part III: Putting it all together Chapter 9: Performance fundamentals Chapter 10: Capacity Planning Tool Chapter 11: City of Rome case study Chapter 12: System implementation Appendix A: Organizational GIS evolution Appendix B: ArcSDE geodatabase performance Appendix C: GIS file data source performance characteristics Appendix D: Building high-performance web applications Appendix E: Software performance history Appendix F: Definitions of security terms Acronyms and glossary Index About the DVD