Exploring and Introducing Enterprise GIS Platform-Smallworld Core Spatial Technology
Fang Chen · Geomatics world (Lemmer) · 2005
GIS platform has gone through three major evolutions, ie.single user oriented, project-oriented and enterprise level. A famous enterprise GIS, GE Smallworld, has been noted as one of the major milestones of these evolutions. Some key concepts and technologies advocated by GE Smallworld has become industry standard and technology trend, for example, version management, seamless database and long transaction etc. These technologies have laid down a solid foundation for enterprise GIS. This paper focuses on the advantages of enterprise GIS and unfolds key features and enterprise architecture of GE Smallworld.