Distributed and mobile computing

Michael F. Goodchild; Douglas M. Johnston; David J. Maguire; Valerian T. Noronha

Distributed and mobile computing

Michael F. Goodchild, Douglas M. Johnston, David J. Maguire, Valerian T. Noronha

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Abstract

Of course we are still some way from achieving this ideal, and it is still easier and cheaper to compute in the conventional manner at a desktop using only the data, software, and hardware present in the workstation. Wireless communication is still more expensive, and more constrained by bandwidth, at least in those areas of the developed world that are well served by copper and fiber. But the pace of change is rapid, and in some countries we are already approaching the point where the majority of telephone communication will be wireless.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	A Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science
Publisher	CRC Press
Pages	257-286
Number of pages	30
ISBN (Electronic)	9781420038330
ISBN (Print)	0849327288, 9780849327285
State	Published - Jan 1 2004
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Engineering
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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