Using SOAP to Develop Software for Air Trajectory Calculation

We developed a program with Simple Object Access Protocol and constructed a data server system to deliver meteorological data from the server to clients of the program for air trajectory calculation. Our practice shows that with proper design, the performance of running the program with client-server configuration is well acceptable comparing with a program of traditional design. The request-for-data-on-demand approach helps to reduce the burden of maintaining huge amount of data in local machine by end-user and provides a more transparent way to calculate air trajectories.