[Mapserver-west] introduction/ oceanography question

[Mark Rodrigo]

Hi Matt:

I am just getting going on extracting data downloaded from a system of 
sensors tagged on great whites down in S Australia. I use PHP Mapscript 
and Mapserver and Postgresql on Linux/Windows. I'll have more on this 
as I get into it.

I'll have to write some middleware(maybe Java) to get the data into the 
proper format from the raw data to the proper PostGIS record format. 
One of the last releases of PostGIS added a function much easier to add 
data like this. I forget it off-hand. Part of the data filtering will 
have to implement some spatial analysis to exclude points where the 
sharks end up on the beach(obviously just bad GPS points I hope). I was 
shocked to see how close whitey does get to shore after surfing off of 
SF for so many years.

mark

> Hello folks,
> 
>   First of all, thanks to Tyler Mitchell for setting
> up this mailing list! An excellent idea and hopefully
> it will give us all a chance to discuss
> mapserver-related regional issues in a slightly less
> crowded forum than the main mapserver list.
> 
>   Anyhow, my name is Matt Perry and I'm currently
> finishing up my graduate work in Natural Resources
> from Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA. I've
> used mapserver for many projects over the past 2 years
> and there is still more to learn ;-) My graduate
> project looks at using mapserver as a WMS to serve
> data for undergradute class assignments. I am also
> involved in teaching GIS labs and further developing
> our GIS program here at HSU. 
> 
>   Outside of the classroom, I have done lots of
> mapserver/GIS related work. My secondary area of
> interest is in water resource management so I have
> worked on some interesting projects in that capacity.
> I also work with HostGIS and have been working with
> them to devlop a solid environment for webGIS
> management.
> 
> Recently, I have begun work with the Center for
> Integrative Coastal Observation, Research and
> Education  (http://cicore.humboldt.edu) to try and
> bring some real-time data through a
> mapserver/postgis-based webGIS. 
> 
> So this list provides a great opportunity for me to
> ask this question...
> 
>  Do we have anyone on the west coast using
> mapserver/postgis/etc. to do coastal mapping? Does
> anyone have any technical experience with real-time
> sensors that they'd be willing to share? How about the
> integration of Mapserver with OpenDAP data sources?
> The world of oceanography is new to me so any
> discussion that we could get going along these topics
> would help me out a great deal.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matt Perry
> Humboldt State University 
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