time series representations in Mapserver

[uli mueller [geOps]]

There is also something in the wiki on the topic:
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MapServerGIF

Fawcett, David wrote:
> I seem to remember an app, possibly by DM Solutions, to track West Nile Virus in Canada.  It was a few years ago, and I believe that it used animated .gif's.  
> 
> David.
> 
> David Fawcett
> Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
> david.fawcett at moea.state.mn.us
> 651.215.0200
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Gerry Creager N5JXS
> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 6:40 PM
> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] time series representations in
> Mapserver
> 
> 
> OK... that's a start.  However, I'm looking at weather observations, 
> usually they're from fixed sites (well, excluding the storm chasers:-). 
>   I'm wondering if anything's been done for animation-ish stuff, so I 
> could display the temperature contours, or, for instance, a changing 
> landscape of wind barbs...
> 
> Thanks, Gerry
> 
> David Bitner wrote:
> 
>>If all you need is to show all of something that fit within a window
>>of time on a single image (ie not an animation) you can either use sql
>>statements with GDAL (I've not done this myself) or if you have your
>>data in PostGIS all you need to do is add substitution variables into
>>your SQL statement.
>>
>>For example, I display flight tracks at an airport using mapserver and
>>I include a startdate and enddate as cgi variables sent to mapserver
>>then in my mapfile use percent notation in my mapfile:
>>DATA "targets from (select * from flighttrack where stime <= '%eDate%'
>>and etime >='%sDate%')as tracks USING UNIQUE opnum USING SRID=-1"
>>
>>On 6/3/05, Gerry Creager N5JXS <gerry.creager at tamu.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>We're looking at several applications where we need some time-selection
>>>capabilities.  Has anyone done this successfully with Mapserver, and if
>>>so, might you share some tips?
>>>
>>>TIA,gerry
>>>--
>>>Gerry Creager -- gerry.creager at tamu.edu
>>>Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University
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>>>
>>
>>
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