Raster Analysis and MapServer

[Fischer, Brian]

MapServer users,

 

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.

 

1. Someone would go to a web page and click a button to start the
process.

2. Some tool would create raster1 from a line vector file (contours)
(need a contour to raster algorithm)

3. Some tool would do a raster calculation (raster1 minus raster2) to
produce a final raster

4. MapServer would display the final raster.

 

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?

 

Any insight would be helpful.

 

Thanks,

Brian

 

Brian Fischer, GIS Specialist/Programmer
Houston Engineering, Inc. | Leave Nothing to ChanceTM
10900 73rd AVE N, Suite 106
Maple Grove, MN 55369
Phone:  763.493.4522 / Fax:  763.493.5572
Email:  bfischer at houstonengineeringinc.com
<mailto:bfischer at houstonengineeringinc.com> 
Website: www.houstonengineeringinc.com
<http://www.houstonengineeringinc.com/>  

 

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