[Mapserver-users] Using Mapserver & GDAL to find elevation

[Arthur, John]

Not quite sure what the difference is, but the vender informed me that it should be a close match to the "ArcInfo Binary Grid".  It is a format created for a proprietary program.  Either way, the vendor told me he would convert the data to something else for the cost of labor only.  So yes, I need to use the same data files, but a different format is fine.  If that makes sense at all. :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed McNierney [mailto:ed at topozone.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 5:32 PM
To: Arthur, John; mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Cc: warmerdam at pobox.com
Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] Using Mapserver & GDAL to find elevation


John -

Is this a proprietary data set, or is it a "commercial" data set that is
in a proprietary format?  That is, might it be possible to get the data
from a different source or in a different format?  Are you absolutely
committed to using these specific data files?

	- Ed

Ed McNierney
President and Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur, John [mailto:John.Arthur at t-mobile.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 3:00 PM
To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Cc: 'warmerdam at pobox.com'
Subject: [Mapserver-users] Using Mapserver & GDAL to find elevation

Hello all,

	I have a project where I need to be able to find the ground
elevation of coordinates on the fly.  The file format we have is
supposedly a proprietary format, but I believe it is close to the
"ArcInfo Binary Grid".  How would I go about finding the elevation using
mapscript (or some other way)?  Will mapserver even read this format (by
way of GDAL/OGR)?

Thanks!
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John Arthur
Email: john.arthur at t-mobile.com


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