Big data and its applications in agro-geoinformatics
Liping Di · 2016
Agro-geoinformatics deals with collecting, managing, analyzing agricultural-related geospatial data, which are domain-specific big data. This paper discusses the general characteristics of big data, the specific features of agro-geoinformatics and agro-geodata, and examples of agro-geoinformatics projects dealing with big agro-geodata. Through the adoption and adaptation process, the general big data technologies are very useful in agro-geoinformatics, but cannot solve all technology needs in dealing with big agro-geodata. Development of agro-specific big data technology is a necessary supplement to adoption of general big data technology. The combination of adoption of general big data technology and development of agro-specific big data technology proves to be a good strategy for applying big data technology in agro-geoinformatics.