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The design of a flexible web-based analytical platform for urban research

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Phillip Greenwood,

Muhammed Sarwar,

Luca Morandini,

Robert Stimson,

Christopher Bayliss,

Marcos Nino-Ruiz,

William Voorsluys,

George Koetsier,

Richard SinnottAuthors Info & Claims

SIGSPATIAL '12: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems

Pages 369 - 375

https://doi.org/10.1145/2424321.2424368

Published: 06 November 2012 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper, we present the functional capabilities scoping for a novel eResearch infrastructure providing urban researchers with access to datasets and analytical tools. The AURIN portal provides a "lab in a browser" environment, leveraging a complex, loosely-coupled internal architecture and a growing number of federated data sources. Datasets can be "shopped" for, visually explored and analyzed using a growing number of analytical capabilities orchestrated in a workflow environment. While spatial analytical tasks are at the heart of most targeted research disciplines, AURIN aims to reach beyond the scope of traditional GIS and map-based portals. In this paper, we discuss how the functional requirements of AURIN can be realized to enable exploratory and confirmatory data analysis supported by high performance Web based infrastructure.

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The design of a flexible web-based analytical platform for urban research
1. Human-centered computing
2. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Spatial-temporal systems
  2. World Wide Web

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SIGSPATIAL '12: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems

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DOI:10.1145/2424321

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University of Melbourne, Australia
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ETH Zürich, Switzerland

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