MapServer and Sensor Observation Service

[Brent Fraser]

Daniel,

  We have currently have a system to retrieve information from sensors
(tracking units), populate a PostGIS database, and display the information
graphically and in a table.  Each of those operations, including
configuration and administration, is done by a separate application.  Would
the SOS replace any or all of those?

Brent Fraser
GeoAnalytic Inc.
Calgary, Alberta



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Morissette" <dmorissette at DMSOLUTIONS.CA>
To: <MAPSERVER-DEV at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 12:07 PM
Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-DEV] MapServer and Sensor Observation Service


> Hi,
>
> We are working with Tom to implement a Sensor Observation Service (SOS).
> Since they already have a bunch of WMS/WFS services based on MapServer,
> they would like to have this as an extension to MapServer, with the same
> configuration mechanism that their administrators are already used to.
> However, the SOS is in this grey area of features that may or may not
> belong in MapServer depending on how we look at them.
>
> So we are considering two options on which we would like to have your
> opinion:
>
> 1- Implement SOS as a new service type supported by MapServer (i.e.
> mapsensor.c) just like the current WMS/WFS/WCS support, an optional
> feature that could be enabled/disabled at compile-time.
>
> 2- Create a separate project independent of MapServer for the SOS. It
> would be built on top of map.h and libmap, but would not be part of the
> MapServer source and distribution.
>
> In both cases, the result would be more or less the same: a SOS that is
> configured via a the same MapServer mapfiles that are used for WMS/WFS,
> and that uses the same data access methods from maplayer.c... the
> question is really whether we think that this feature belongs in
> MapServer (#1) or not (#2).
>
> Daniel
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>   Daniel Morissette               dmorissette at dmsolutions.ca
>   DM Solutions Group              http://www.dmsolutions.ca/
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