[mapserver-users] RE: DEM display

[Fawcett, David (MPCA)]

David,

You can easily set up your hillshade image as one layer and turn it on for display.  In addition to that, you can have your DEM as a second layer that is not displayed, but is available for query.

I don't think that I have ever used the raster query functionality, but you can find some info here:
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/RasterQuery
http://mapserver.org/input/raster.html#raster-query

Is this what you were thinking?

David.

From: David Hildebrand [mailto:David.Hildebrand at afsc.ca]
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 4:26 PM
To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
Cc: Fawcett, David (MPCA)
Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] RE: DEM display

How can I combine a pre-rendered hillshade model with an elevation layer?  Can I set the transparency of a layer?  Is there a GDAL utility for rendering a combined hillshade/elevation model which will still retain the original elevation values for query?


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From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Fawcett, David (MPCA)
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 7:32 AM
To: David Hildebrand; mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [mapserver-users] RE: DEM display

I would pre-render all of my hillshades and then add them as simple raster layers.

David.

From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of David Hildebrand
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 6:25 PM
To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [mapserver-users] DEM display

I have an SRTM file in TIF format which I want to display in a shaded relief but I'm not sure of the approach I should take.  Do I need to define classes and symbols for the layer (that would not help for the hillshade) or should I execute a script (PERL) on the server to create the image I need on the fly?

Thanks for the tips.


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