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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>MapServer users,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have a project that I would like to generate raster data
on the fly and use MapServer to display the results. I am curious if
anyone else has tried this. If so what tools did you use to do the raster
analysis and how did it work? Let me explain more about the process.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1. Someone would go to a web page and click a button to
start the process.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>2. Some tool would create raster1 from a line vector file
(contours) (need a contour to raster algorithm)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>3. Some tool would do a raster calculation (raster1 minus
raster2) to produce a final raster<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>4. MapServer would display the final raster.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I need all of this process to happen over the web. I
think I can use GRASS to do the raster analysis, but I am curious if anyone
else has done this sort of thing. My other option is to go to ESRI’s
ArcGISServer (which I don’t want to do, if I don’t have to).
Are there any other tools available to do raster analysis (spatial analysis) on
the web?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Any insight would be helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Brian<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Brian Fischer,</span></font></b> <font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>GIS
Specialist/Programmer<br>
</span></font><b><i><font color="#005b45" face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;color:#005B45;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Houston Engineering,
Inc.</span></font></i></b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>|</span></font>
<font size=2 color="#005b45" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#005B45'>Leave Nothing to Chance<sup>TM<br>
</sup></span></font><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10900 73<sup>rd</sup>
AVE N, Suite 106</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Maple Grove</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">MN</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">55369</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Phone:
763.493.4522 / Fax: 763.493.5572<br>
Email: </span></font> <a href="mailto:bfischer@houstonengineeringinc.com"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>bfischer@houstonengineeringinc.com</span></font></a><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Website:</span></font>
<a href="http://www.houstonengineeringinc.com/"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>www.houstonengineeringinc.com</span></font></a>
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