[postgis-users] GDAL Netcdf point data to PostGIS?

[Peter Baumann]

wise words, Gerry! A good thing today is that we have choice.
cheers,
Peter


On 2015-08-04 19:03, Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate wrote:
> Hi, Peter
>
> There are times where WCS is appropriate, and times when WMS is more than
> satisfactory. In fact, when I was doing this before, the WFS point
> presentation also maintained semantics, and facilitated postprocessing. The
> sparse nature of surface and upper air observations don't lend themselves, as
> easily, to a coverage.
>
> Thanks!
> gerry
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 6:36 AM, Peter Baumann <p.baumann at jacobs-university.de
> <mailto:p.baumann at jacobs-university.de>> wrote:
>
>     hm, when it is about data analysis in addition to display, did you
>     consider OGC WCS [1] ? As opposed to WMS (which delivers color imagery for
>     human consumption), a WCS retains original semantics of values useful for
>     further processing.
>     Its Core Reference Implementation allows you to store georeferenced NetCDF
>     data in PostgreSQL.
>     -Peter
>
>     [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Coverage_Service
>
>
>     On 2015-08-04 01:05, Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate wrote:
>>     Georeferenced point data. Each site, in each netcdf, has the coordinates
>>     for the site, as well as the observations (temp, dew point, humidity,
>>     pressure, wind variables, etc.).
>>
>>     I'm looking for a faster interface to postGis than the sloppy code I
>>     originally wrote to take it to a csv and then drive it into the database.
>>     I use it for a variety of purposes, ranging from a web display of weather
>>     obs, to a misued OGC WMS and WFS output, to a potential input for data
>>     assimilation for weather models.
>>
>>     gerry
>>
>>     On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Andy Colson <andy at squeakycode.net
>>     <mailto:andy at squeakycode.net>> wrote:
>>
>>         On 08/03/2015 01:27 PM, Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate wrote:
>>
>>             I might be posting to the wrong forum but... would this work? We
>>             aggregate meteorological surface data in netcdf form, and I'd
>>             like to populate a database with it..
>>             Thanks
>>             gerry
>>             --
>>             Gerry Creager
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>>
>>
>>         Is it gis data (latitude/longitude type stuff)?  Or is it something
>>         else (like temperature)?
>>
>>         How would you like to use it in Postgres?  What kind of sum()'s and
>>         where's are you going to write?
>>
>>         -Andy
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>>     “Big whorls have little whorls,
>>     That feed on their velocity; 
>>     And little whorls have lesser whorls, 
>>     And so on to viscosity.” 
>>     Lewis Fry Richardson (1881-1953)
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> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> “Big whorls have little whorls,
> That feed on their velocity; 
> And little whorls have lesser whorls, 
> And so on to viscosity.” 
> Lewis Fry Richardson (1881-1953)
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