Location and representation in real-time on geographical maps of data from distributed sources, uses geographical information in response from directory server to create maps on user's screen

摘要

The system has a directory server which can be accessed by clients. Client users select data of interest and forward search requests to the directory server. Client programs receive the response, and use location information in the response to display the geographic location of a particular data source on a map. The client programs also manipulate the map display.