Enterprise Service Bus Solution for an Efficient Development of Geodesic Monitoring Systems

Abstract

Modern constructions are typically monitored with geodesic monitoring systems. One the most important challenges for these systems is represented by the complexity of developing new instance from the ones already set up. The solution introduced herein is based on a service oriented architecture, which in turn relies on an enterprise service bus as its principal component. The monitoring system consists of three principal components: measurement system, data cleaning and integration, and the deformation analysis tool. By employing the herein proposed approach these three components become loosely coupled. Herein, the focus lies on the component performing data cleaning and integration, consisting of three principal chains of services linked either serially or sequentially. The first chain manages the files containing the observations recorded by the tachymeters which perform the object monitoring. The second chain manages the data sent by the humidity and temperature sensors. The third chain performs preliminary analysis functions, and also makes the results public on a website. Error management at bus level is performed by a fourth chain in the ESB: it manages the issues of language level error handling and improves the transparency. Due to the loose coupling characteristics of the system, the components can be developed in parallel. Together with the improved flexibility and the greater reusability, this is a key aspect of a service oriented architecture.