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PaleoWeb Introduction

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What is PaleoWeb?

PaleoWeb is the first plate-tectonic modelling software built on the cloud

It runs in ArcMap, but all computation is done remotely on huge Amazon servers

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What is PaleoWeb?

1. Login2. Wizard3. Configuration4. Set Reference Plate5. Reconstruction6. Animation7. Azimuth and Rate Vs.

Time8. Instantaneous Motion9. Layer Catalog10. Job Catalog

11. Transparency Slider12. Quick Spin 13. Exit Quick Spin14. User Profile15. Status16. Help

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Client is an ESRI Add-in to ArcMap...

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How Does It Work?

Client- Upload Data- Visualize Results

Server- Job Processing:

ReconstructionsAnimationsAzimuth & RatePoint Path Visualization

- Sharing & Collaboration- Data Management- Roles & Permissions

Services- ReST- SOAP

Database

Files

Map Server

PaleoWeb for ArcMap Client

PaleoWeb Server

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Design Objectives

Build a paleo community

Facilitate sharing between users

Enable collaboration and workflows

Engage academia for new ideas

Be the first cloud-based reconstruction software

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Other Benefits

Integration with other client software

Testing new features

Less dependence on third party software

Focus on features, not software compatibility

Easier to maintain and support

Security through VPN, HTTPS, etc.

Performance and scalability

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Benefits of the Amazon Cloud

Servers are dynamically started and stopped to process jobs...like reconstructions, animations, & PPV

Can “spin up” servers with up to 32 high end CPU cores, 244 GBytes of memory, and large fast hard drives

Affordable hard drive space to avoid filling up personal hard drives

Provides services to “scale out” PaleoWeb to support any number of users