ABSTRACT
In recent years, the distributed geospatial infrastructure paradigm is emerging as a powerful and versatile framework. The ability to separate between users, data and functionality, along with the capacity to offer greater flexibility and scalability, has made this paradigm an ideal choice for many geospatial applications. In conjunction, the increasing availability of distributed geo-services has opened a vast variety of new applications and redefined the way by which geospatial data is disseminated and utilized. Together with the advances in wireless communication and mobile computing devices, there is little doubt that this paradigm will have a central role in geospatial information utilization as it continues to evolve, expand and disseminate.
