Welcome to rasdaman!

This is the website of the rasdaman project. Rasdaman ("raster data manager") is an array database system (also called "raster database system"). It allows to retrieve and maintain multi-dimensional ​arrays of unlimited size stored in standard relational databases through an ​SQL-style query language. The information category "array" appears - as sensor, image, or statistics data - in manifold applications, such as earth sciences, space sciences, life sciences, engineering, and multimedia. Rasdaman allows to quickly set up array-intensive services which are distinguished by their flexibility, speed, and scalability.

The petascope plug-in to rasdaman, which is part of the distribution, offers ​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 ​coverages, i.e., raster data:

• ​Web Coverage Service (WCS) for simple data subsetting. rasdaman will be the WCS 2.0 reference implementation.
• ​Web Coverage Processing Service (WCPS) which defines a language for the extraction, processing, and analysis of raster data (see also this ​WCPS info page); petascope is the WCPS reference implementation.
• ​WCS Transaction Extension (WCS-T) for updating raster data offered by a WCS-conformant service.

Soon a ​GDAL rasdaman driver, ​MapServer integration, and ​PostGIS integration will be available, see our planning.

​EarthLook is a demonstration site showcasing rasdaman and petascope in a variety of 1-D to 4-D geo use cases.

Download, Installation, Documentation

Go to the ​Download page for instructions. The installation steps are described on the ​Install page. There is ample ​documentation, including query and programming examples.

Support

The ​Large-Scale Scientific Information Services research group at ​Jacobs University Bremen is the core development team. Feel free to contact us!

A dedicated research spin-off company, ​rasdaman GmbH, provides software enhancements, expert consultancy, participation in projects, and joint ventures on a commercial basis to foster widespread use of rasdaman.

PS: Greetings to all ​rastafarians! wha'ppen, man?