This book gathers various perspectives on modern map production. Its primary focus is on the
new paradigm of sharing and reuse which is based on decentralized service-oriented access to
spatial data sources. Service-Oriented Mapping is one of the main paradigms used to embed big
data and distributed sources in modern map production without the need to own the sources. To
be stable and reliable this architecture requires specific frameworks tools and procedures.
In addition to the technological structures organizational aspects and geographic information
system (GIS) capabilities provide powerful tools to make modern geoinformation management
successful. Addressing a range of aspects including the implementation of the semantic web in
geoinformatics using big data for geospatial visualization standardization initiatives and
the European spatial data infrastructure the book offers a comprehensive introduction to
decentralized map production..
