Introduction to PaleoWeb by Arwen Vaughan, Rothwell - 2014 PaleoGIS & PaleoClimate Users Conference
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PaleoWeb is plate tectonic modeling software that runs reconstructions and other computationally intensive tasks on Amazon servers rather than locally, allowing for greater processing power and data storage. It integrates with ArcMap through an add-in and allows users to upload data, visualize results, and share projects and data through a collaborative online interface while computation is handled remotely on Amazon's cloud infrastructure. This architecture aims to build an online paleontology community by facilitating data sharing and enabling computationally intensive reconstructions.
Introduction to PaleoWeb by Arwen Vaughan, Rothwell - 2014 PaleoGIS & PaleoClimate Users Conference
- 1. © 2014 The Rothwell Group, L.P. | PaleoGIS.com PaleoWeb Introduction
- 2. © 2014 The Rothwell Group, L.P. | PaleoGIS.com What is PaleoWeb? PaleoWeb is the first plate-tectonic modelling software built on the cloud It runs in ArcMap, but all computation is done remotely on huge Amazon servers
- 3. © 2014 The Rothwell Group, L.P. | PaleoGIS.com What is PaleoWeb? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1. Login 2. Wizard 3. Configuration 4. Set Reference Plate 5. Reconstruction 6. Animation 7. Azimuth and Rate Vs. Time 8. Instantaneous Motion 9. Layer Catalog 10. Job Catalog 11. Transparency Slider 12. Quick Spin 13. Exit Quick Spin 14. User Profile 15. Status 16. Help Client is an ESRI Add-in to ArcMap...
- 4. © 2014 The Rothwell Group, L.P. | PaleoGIS.com How Does It Work? Client - Upload Data - Visualize Results Server - Job Processing: Reconstructions Animations Azimuth & Rate Point Path Visualization - Sharing & Collaboration - Data Management - Roles & Permissions PaleoWeb for ArcMap Client PaleoWeb Server Services - ReST - SOAP Database Files Map Server
- 5. © 2014 The Rothwell Group, L.P. | PaleoGIS.com Design Objectives Build a paleo community Facilitate sharing between users Enable collaboration and workflows Engage academia for new ideas Be the first cloud-based reconstruction software
- 6. © 2014 The Rothwell Group, L.P. | PaleoGIS.com Other Benefits Integration with other client software Testing new features Less dependence on third party software Focus on features, not software compatibility Easier to maintain and support Security through VPN, HTTPS, etc. Performance and scalability
- 7. Benefits of the Amazon Cloud Servers are dynamically started and stopped to process jobs...like reconstructions, animations, & PPV Can “spin up” servers with up to 32 high end CPU cores, 244 GBytes of memory, and large fast hard drives Affordable hard drive space to avoid filling up personal hard drives Provides services to “scale out” PaleoWeb to support any number of users © 2014 The Rothwell Group, L.P. | PaleoGIS.com