Abstract:

Cloud computing has become the hot topic in industry and academic circles. It plays an important role in geological research due to its wide use. This paper discusses the development, structure levels and characteristics of cloud computing and proposes a definition, puts forward a plan theoretically to build a geological cloud system (GCS) to solve practical geological problems, and then describes the design of this system from the aspects of system structure, key technology, etc. Finally, we take geological 3D visualization as an example to theoretically solve the specific applications of GCS.

Key words: cloud computing;geoscience;geological cloud system;system structure;design