Abstract

Big Data Computing for GIS Data Discovery
Track: Spatial Data Infrastructure
Authors: Vic Baker, Devin Justman, Jennifer Bauer, Kelly Rose

Sifting through big data to find relevant spatial data can be overwhelming and difficult. To identify relevant spatial data, we are developing big data computing methods that integrate spatial libraries with Spark and HBase to analyze local and web-based volumes of unstructured mixed data. Coupling GIS with big data computing enables us to extract valuable information, understand complex data relationships on a scale previously not possible, and preform more robust spatio-temporal analyses.