Standardizing big earth datacubes
Peter Baumann · 2017
Geo data like satellite imagery and climate simulation output constitute major contributors to today's Big Data deluge. The datacube paradigm is currently being considered not only for getting data analysis ready, but also to offer advanced functionality in an easy-to-use way while allowing for highly effective server-side optimizations. Datacube standards can help substantially in unifying access protocols, thereby easing access for users and also paving the way for cross-data-center datacube fusion. We present OGC datacube model which is based on the coverage data and service model standardized by OGC, ISO, and INSPIRE. This paper aims at contributing to a cross-disciplinary exchange on modeling challenges, successes, and possible overlaps amenable to generalization and harmonization.