mapserver WMS time and postgis.

[Steve Lime]

We need to get WCS time support and WMS time support in sync. Please
include me on the bug...

Steve

>>> Yewondwossen Assefa <assefa at DMSOLUTIONS.CA> 10/04/06 2:54 PM >>>
Denis,

  Sorry for the delay.

  Please enter a bug (WMS Server module) and code contribution and I 
will integrate it in mapserver.

Thanks.

Denis Nadeau wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to change some of the  code in mappostgis.c to reflect C 
> 5.2 Nearest Value instructions found in  WMS 1.1.1 specifications for 
> "TIME" parameter. 
>
http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=1081&version=1&format=pdf

>
<http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=1081&version=1&format=pdf>
> 
> Here what it says in the WMS 1.1.1 doc.
> 
> "If a request does includes an imprecise dimensional value, and
nearest 
> value behavior has been declared, then the server shall compute and
send 
> the nearest available value. The value shall be rounded, not merely 
> truncated."
> 
> Right now, mapserver is using date_trunc function to allow the user to

> specify months, days, hours or minutes.  I think this could be
enhanced 
> to get the nearest time value in Postgres.  For example,  NASA GES has
3 
> hourly data.  If the user  specify 2006-09-28T02:00  a blank image is 
> return, the user needs to be exact 2006-09-28T03:00.  Same thing with 
> 10-day data,  2006-09-03 will  return a  blank image.  User have to
hit 
> the right date 2006-08-10, 2006-08-20, 2006-08-31, 2006-09-10,.... 
> 
> Example
> Tropical Rain data 3B42_V6_10_DAY:
>
http://g0hep12u.ecs.nasa.gov/mapserv-bin/wms_ogc?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=Getmap&layers=bluemarble,TRMM_3B42_V6_10_DAY&BBOX=-180,-50,180,50&TIME=2005-08-20

>
<http://g0hep12u.ecs.nasa.gov/mapserv-bin/wms_ogc?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=Getmap&layers=bluemarble,TRMM_3B42_V6_10_DAY&BBOX=-180,-50,180,50&TIME=2005-08-20>
> 
> blank image
>
http://g0hep12u.ecs.nasa.gov/mapserv-bin/wms_ogc?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=Getmap&layers=bluemarble,TRMM_3B42_V6_10_DAY&BBOX=-180,-50,180,50&TIME=2005-08-20T04:00

>
<http://g0hep12u.ecs.nasa.gov/mapserv-bin/wms_ogc?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=Getmap&layers=bluemarble,TRMM_3B42_V6_10_DAY&BBOX=-180,-50,180,50&TIME=2005-08-20T04:00>
> 
> 
> Let me know if this make sense to you.  I would be happy to contribute

> some coding for this.
> 
> 
> Denis
> 
> 


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