Rasdaman Documentation

We believe that good documentation is probably the single most important thing for a successful project. We work hard on high quality documentation - you can help us by letting us know about areas that are unclear, helpful additions, etc.

Note: if you are interested in geo data management specifically, you want to look at installation and then jump here.

Installation and Administration

In the sequel we refer to $RMANHOME as the rasdaman installation directory. When compiling from source, it is /opt/rasdamanby default.

• Downloading rasdaman
• Installation and Administration Guide (as of 9.2, still slightly behind - best use the wiki page mentioned above)
  • Only if you want to use PostgreSQL as pixel store, rather than rasdaman's native storage manager: PostgreSQL connector and Performance and various PostgreSQL bits and pieces
• Configuration files & directories overview
• Local Installation Documentation: Open $RMANHOME/share/rasdaman/doc/index.html in a Web browser. In addition to the documents referenced on this wiki page this local documentation set contains a browseable HTML documentation of the APIs, plus programming and query examples.

Array Query Programming

If you want to work directly with the rasdaman array query language, rasql, you find ample documentation and examples. Specifically for geo data management, however, your preferred API will be the OGC standards conformant Web service described below.

• Query Language Guide for rasql; query examples therein rely on the demo data, delivered with rasdaman, which can be inserted through rasdaman_insertdemo.sh. Hence, all examples can be readily run.
  • Partial updates explained (or how to insert large amounts of data in rasdaman)
• C++ Development Guide
• Java Development Guide

Tuning Guide

• Tiling guide

Versions and Testing

• The Versions page lists changes made between successive versions released.
• Automated tests are available with the rasdaman system tests.
• Debugging and Benchmarking Support

Data Analytics

• RRasdaman Tutorial for R package for rasdaman
• Python: ​RasdaPy Python package; ​OWSLib fork with WCPS support
• rasdaman Web Client Toolkit, raswct: wiki guide and manual

Geo Data Management

In order to use rasdaman for geo raster management - in particular: spatio-temporal geo datacubes - consult these documentation pages:

• general overview and tutorial: Spatio-Temporal Big Data: the rasdaman approach
• User Guide and Developer Guide to rasdaman's geo service interface, petascope
• data import WCS-T + WCS-T ingestion tool guide for petascope
• User Guide for SECORE + Developers Guide