TITLE:
OMT-G Modeling and Cloud Implementation of a Reference Database of Addressing in Morocco
AUTHORS:
Mohamed El Imame Malaainine, Hassane Rhinane, Lahcen Baidder, Hatim Lechgar
KEYWORDS:
Reference Database of Addressing; Morocco; GIS; OMT-G Modeling; Cloud Computing
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geographic Information System,
Vol.5 No.3,
June
17,
2013
ABSTRACT:
A
reference database of addressing is an important resource for urban
applications. The efficiency of an addressing system depends on both data
quality and technical architecture. Data must respect a standard model that is
flexible to meet different cases in the field. The technical architecture should be service oriented to
offer a shared resource for multiple users and applications. This paper is to
develop an addressing model for Morocco
that extends Davis’s and Fonseca’s model presented in their work on the
certainty of locations produced by an address geocoding system. We discuss the
addressing data dictionary and acquisition plan in Morocco, revealing a diversified
data management environment, characterized by multiple sources and actors. As a
novelty in the field of GIS, we establish our technical architecture around
cloud computing, according Service Oriented Application (SOA) standards. Our
approach is based on the three pillars of cloud computing which are Software as
a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a service
(IaaS).