[mapserver-users] Meteorological implementations?
Gerry Creager
gerry.creager at tamu.edu
Tue Oct 22 14:06:56 PDT 2002
I believe this to be the case. Specifically, what I'v envisioned is a
mapserver baselayer and core functionality as a mapservice, with weather
station sites overlaid thereon, as queriable objects. I'd like to find
a way to update the station data as new data rolls in (temperature, dew
point, barometric pressure) as well as setting a wind barb character and
rotating same to reflect the direction
Specifically, what we're doing is creating the demo site for a "Mesonet"
or a statewide, dense network of weather stations reporting conditions
in near real time. (Sean, look at www.mesonet.org for a well
established example.)
We're working under some time constraints that are some where between
ambitious and unrealistic to get an initial site up. That's why I
decided to solicit some input here rather than trying to reinvent the wheel.
Thanks!
gerry
Steve Lime wrote:
> Describe what you guys mean by station data? MapServer may just
> be a piece of the puzzle. TrueType lines where added specifically with
> meteorological data in mind.
>
> Steve
>
> Stephen Lime
> Data & Applications Manager
>
> Minnesota DNR
> 500 Lafayette Road
> St. Paul, MN 55155
> 651-297-2937
>
>
>>>>Sean Gillies <sgillies at frii.com> 10/21/02 10:36AM >>>
>>>
> Gerry,
>
> I'm not using Mapserver for any wx stuff, but I know
> the software well and I've seen tons of weather maps.
>
> Mapserver by itself is not going to be a good tool
> for displaying station data. If you had isopleths,
> fronts, troughs, etc. as vectors, and maybe even
> radar echos as rasters, Mapserver would be
> great for rendering these. You'd need some extra
> functionality for station data unless you could
> come up with a creative hack like turning station
> plots into shapes in a shapefile.
>
> If I were doing it, I'd use Mapserver or mapscript
> to make a base map, and then merge it with custom
> station data imagery created using the Python Imaging
> Library or Python or Perl script interfaces to the
> GD library.
>
> cheers,
> Sean
>
> Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote:
>
>
>>Has anyone been using Mapserver for meteorological implementations,
>>especially display of weather stations and their data?
>>
>>Could you please reply directly to gerry.creager at tamu.edu with URLs
>
> and
>
>>any comments pro- or con?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Gerry
>
>
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