DEM back drop in MapServer

[Norman Barker]

Hi,

I have spent a little time googling for this, and before I go and
purchase the global GTOPO set
for the world I would be grateful if you could answer my question about
rendering this data in
MapServer WMS.

If possible I would buy this in 16 bit geotiff format (unless you
suggest otherwise).

Would there be a way to render this in mapserver natively (so that the
height fields are rendered
by an internal palette) and displayed to the user as a backdrop?

Or do I have to define the palette myself in an external program and
then use it in MapServer?

Any help or advice appreciated by anyone else who has created a DEM
backdrop.

Many thanks,

Norman

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Norman Barker
Software Engineer
ComSine Ltd
Tel: +44 (0)1483 457121
Web: http://www.comsine.com
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