An Approach to Archive Remote Sensing Images Based on ActiveX and Grid Service.

In order to promote the research of ocean science, it is important to integrate and share the remote sensing images over the Internet. Currently, remote sensing images are stored in the local FTP Server of each department, which is difficult for users to manage, discover and share them. In this paper, we proposed a novel approach to archive remote sensing images online. The remote sensing image files are transmitted from client end to the FTP server based on an ActiveX control installed on the Web browser. Meanwhile, the metadata for remote sensing images will be extracted and stored into the metadata repository using Grid Service. Based on these metadata, we developed an integration platform to publish and share the remote sensing images on the Web. The experiments show that ActiveX control increases the archiving speed and decreases the burden of the Web server remarkably. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]