Big Data

Chapter 21

Storing, Managing, and Analyzing Big Satellite Data

Experiences and Lessons Learned from a Real-World Application

Ziliang Zong

21.1 Introduction

Big Data has shown great capability in yielding extremely useful information and extraordinary potential in revolutionizing scientific discoveries and traditional commercial models. Numerous corporations have started to utilize Big Data to understand their customers’ behavior at a fine-grained level, rethink their business process work flow, and increase their productivity and competitiveness. Scientists are using Big Data to make new discoveries that were not possible before. As the volume, velocity, variety, and veracity of Big Data keep increasing, we are facing significant challenges ...