Designing and Building TerraService

Authors:
Tom Barclay;Jim Gray;Steve Ekblad;Eric Strand;Jeffrey Richter
Affiliations:
Microsoft;Microsoft;USDA NRCS Information Technology Center;Synergetics;Wintellect
Venue:
IEEE Internet Computing
Year:
2006

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Abstract

A few simple rules guide the design of Web services such as TerraService, a geospatial serviceadded to Microsoft's popular TerraServer database. By sticking to standards-based tools, the authorswere able to implement the Web service with no major structural changes to the database. Because itconforms to the "1-to-10 Kbytes in one second" guideline, TerraService offers a highly acceptableuser experience. The success of two US Department of Agriculture applications that bridge the Webservice and the database demonstrates the astuteness of the authors' design principles.