Design of a spatial data infrastructure, applied to mountain climatology in Cuba

Abstract

The present result proposes a design of a Spatial Data Infrastructure for mountain climatology, where the existing regulatory frameworks were examined in terms of national and international standards and norms. A proposal for a methodology for the design, development and modeling of data with its metadata was made. The client-server data management systems were detailed, using the CAP Theorem. It allowed to argue and propose a Spatial Data infrastructure design methodology and the best options for the Cuban context, promoting those of free programs and open source. The basic geospatial data services that must be provided and their spatial relationship were exposed, the roles assigned to each actor in the infrastructure were defined, including selecting maps, executing predefined queries, generating and exporting spatial products and reports, as well as modifying data. Security and integrity requirements were established for all stored information and good practices to be followed in public applications on the Internet, domain security and certification of web function services, minimum availability and access requirements were implemented. The best technological solutions for deployment, servers and clients for Spatial Data Infrastructures, desktops, spatial database management systems, data capture applications and cloud storage were proposed. Evaluation indicators were proposed that allow constant improvements.