geographic information systems
type: Concept
narrower: web geoprocessing workflows

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: web geoprocessing workflows

web geoprocessing workflows
type: Concept
definition: The rapid evolution from monolithic desktop geographic information system (GIS) applications with tightly coupled geodata to spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) with independent, interoperable, and distributed Web services has changed the GIS world fundamentally. Nevertheless, the existing SDIs are focused on data retrieval and visualization. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Web Geoprocessing Workflows]
broader: geographic information systems