NoSQL suitability for SWE-enabled sensing architectures
Bernd Resch · 2012
The emergence of a variety of new sensing technologies including geo-sensor networks, cameras or RFID-based systems raises the need for efficient measurement data storage and retrieval. This paper illustrates the suitability of NoSQL databases for distributed geo-sensor webs. Amongst others, a specific advantage of NoSQL databases in SWE-based networks is that complex data structures can be directly mapped into the database. Concluding, it can be stated that NoSQL is a very good fit for SWE-based geo-sensor webs, but has its limitations in terms of standardised semantics.