Service level monitoring for geospatial web services

摘要

A method of monitoring the service level provided to clients by a geospatial web service over a network. The method comprises a) formulating requests (Rq) relating to different geospatial locations and/or regions; b) sending the requests (Rq) in sequence to said geospatial web service over said network and receiving respective responses; c) identifying requests that resulted in responses that include geospatial data for the requested geospatial locations and/or regions; d) formulating further requests (Rq) relating to different geospatial locations and/or regions by evolving at least a proportion of the identified requests; and e) iteratively repeating steps b) to d) for the further requests. The method further comprising analysing the responses to determine service level information in respect of the geospatial web service.