Changes between Version 86 and Version 87 of WikiStart

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Jan 31, 2011, 6:52:15 PM (13 years ago)

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Peter Baumann

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 = Welcome to rasdaman! =
 
-This is the website of the rasdaman project.
-Rasdaman ("''__ras__ter __da__ta __man__ager''") is an '''array database system''' (also called "raster database system"). It allows to retrieve and maintain '''multi-dimensional [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Array arrays]''' of unlimited size stored in standard relational databases through an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sql SQL]-style query language. The information category "array" appears - as '''sensor, image, or statistics data''' - in manifold [wiki:ApplicationDomains applications], such as '''earth sciences, space sciences, life sciences, engineering, and multimedia'''. Rasdaman allows to quickly set up array-intensive [wiki:Features services] which are [wiki:WhyRasdaman distinguished] by their flexibility, speed, and scalability.
+This is the website of the open-source rasdaman ("''__ras__ter __da__ta __man__ager''") project. Rasdaman extends standard relational database systems with the ability to store and retrieve multi-dimensional raster data (''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Array arrays]'') of unlimited size through an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sql SQL]-style query language.
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+The information category "array" appears - as '''sensor, image, or statistics data''' - in manifold [wiki:ApplicationDomains applications], such as '''earth sciences, space sciences, life sciences, engineering, and multimedia'''. Rasdaman allows to quickly set up array-intensive [wiki:Features services] which are [wiki:WhyRasdaman distinguished] by their flexibility, speed, and scalability.
 
 The petascope plug-in to rasdaman, which is part of the distribution, offers '''[http://www.opengeospatial.org OGC] standards based services''' on multi-dimensional '''geo raster data'''.
-Petascope implements all specifications contained in the OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) standards suite for gridded [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/glossary/c coverages], i.e., raster data: [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcs Web Coverage Service] (WCS) for '''simple data subsetting'''. rasdaman will be the WCS 2.0 reference implementation; [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcps Web Coverage Processing Service] (WCPS) which defines a '''language for the extraction, processing, and analysis of raster data''' (see also this [http://www.ogcnetwork.net/wcps WCPS info page]); petascope is the WCPS reference implementation; [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcps WCS Transaction Extension] (WCS-T) for '''updating raster data''' offered by a WCS-conformant service.
+Petascope implements the OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) standards for gridded [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/glossary/c coverages], i.e., raster data: [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcs Web Coverage Service] (WCS) for '''simple data subsetting'''. rasdaman will be the WCS 2.0 reference implementation; [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcps Web Coverage Processing Service] (WCPS) which defines a '''language for the extraction, processing, and analysis of raster data''' (see also this [http://www.ogcnetwork.net/wcps WCPS info page]); petascope is the WCPS reference implementation; [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcps WCS Transaction Extension] (WCS-T) for '''updating raster data''' offered by a WCS-conformant service.
 
 Meantime a [http://www.gdal.org/ GDAL] rasdaman driver is available; soon [http://mapserver.org/ MapServer] integration, and [http://postgis.refractions.net/ PostGIS] integration will be available, see [wiki:Planning our planning].