Τεχνολογίες υπολογιστικής νέφους άνευ διακομιστών και περίπτωση χρήσης με γεωχωρικά δεδομένα

Abstract

The rapid developments in Cloud Computing during the last decade consist a major breakthrough for Computer Science. They carry with them radical changes to the way computing is conducted as well as to the techniques followed for the development of digital services and the ways the latter are consumed. One of the Cloud technologies of seeking to alter the way we conceive and develop web applications is Serverless Computing. The primary goal of the current project is the investigation and evaluation of the utilization of Cloud Computing and Serverless in the development of web applications as well as the compatibility of the former with the technologies of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). The current work is consisted of two parts. In the first part a study has been conducted concerning the technology of Cloud Computing, its progress through time and its current market status. An analysis of the benefits and drawbacks of developing and deploying applications using Cloud technologies and in particular Serverless techniques follows. In the second part an indicative implementation (PoC) of a generic GIS app is proposed utilizing the aforementioned technologies in an attempt to provide answers to the research questions posed. The prototype developed fulfilled the requirements set proving the feasibility of utilizing Serverless platforms when developing Cloud-GIS applications.