spatial data infrastructure in the cloud, 2011

1 Cédric Moullet, COSIGFederal Office of Topography swisstopo

NATO/PfP Mapping, Charting & Geodesy Workshop 201114.10.2011, Thun

NATO/PfP Mapping, Charting & Geodesy Workshop 2011NATO/PfP Mapping, Charting & Geodesy Workshop 2011114.10.2011, Thun4.10.2011, Thun

Spatial data infrastructure in the cloud

Cédric Moullet, Head of FSDI Web Infrastructure Federal Office of Topography swisstopo



Agenda

• What is cloud computing ?

• What is a Spatial Data Infrastructure ?

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing for a SDI ?



What is cloud computing ?

Cloud Computing DefinitionNIST January 2011

„Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access

to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services)

that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. “



Cloud Computing: service models

SaaSSoftware as a Service

PaaSPlattform as a Service

IaaSInfrastructure as a service



Cloud Computing: deployment models• Private cloud

• The cloud infrastructure is operated solely for an organization.

• Community cloud• The cloud infrastructure is shared by several

organizations and supports a specific community that has shared concerns.

• Public cloud• The cloud infrastructure is made available to the

general public and is owned by an organization selling cloud services.

• Hybrid cloud• The cloud infrastructure is a composition of two or

more clouds.



Agenda






What is a Spatial Data Infrastructure ?

Spatial Data Infrastucture DefinitionWikipédia

A spatial data infrastructure (SDI) is a

framework of

spatial data, metadata, users

and tools that are interactively

connected in order to use spatial data

in an efficient and flexible way.



Map Viewer map.geo.admin.ch: Bern City evolution



geo.admin.ch: SDI components

VisibleNot visible

GeoIG GeoIV

Amazon Web Services

OSS Software Stack

Tiles & Databases

Applications

Geoservices

View Search

API

Access



geo.admin.ch: characteristics

Characteristics

• 500‘000‘000 Tiles (2562 Pixels)

• 20‘000 users/day, Peak > 35‘000 users/day

• 1‘300 delivered Tiles/sec (Peak 20. Aug. 2010)

• 150 Thematic maps

• 5 languages

• 1 web site



Agenda






What are the advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing for a SDI ?



map.geo.admin.ch: Scalability on demand



map.geo.admin.ch: Scalability on demand

More power in a few minutes



map.geo.admin.ch: Pay as you go

Before NowServer number Server number

Success breakdown

Performance limit

Overcapacity

Load

Load

Overcapacity



map.geo.admin.ch choice:Infrastructure as a Service

[Cloud Security and Privacy, by Tim Mather, Subra Kumaraswamy, and Shahed Latif, ISBN 978-0-596-80276-9]

Swisstopo‘s choice

Traditional(On Premise)

Platformas a Service

(PaaS)

Softwareas a Service

(SaaS)

Apps & Services

VM

Server

Storage

Network

Apps & Services

VM

Server

Storage

Network

Applications

Services

Server

Storage

Network

Applications

Services

Server

Storage

Network

Organization has control and

responsibility

Organisation shares control and responsibility with

Cloud-provider

Cloud provider has control and

responsibility

Infrastructureas a Service

(IaaS)



… and it works ;-) Some awards:



Conclusion

• IaaS and OpenSource gives you control and flexibility

• Keep responsibility of important components, but focus on your business

• Be independent of cloud provider• Automation is a key success factor• Make your application cloud ready

• In Switzerland: Vorstudie zu Cloud Computing in Schweizer Behörden

• In France: Andromede



Thanks for your attentionAnd welcome to www.geo.admin.ch

spatial data infrastructure in the cloud, 2011

Technology

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application cloud ready

responsibility infrastructure