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}}} = Welcome to rasdaman, = = the Scalable Multi-Dimensional Array Analytics Server! = This is the website of the rasdaman ("__ras__ter __da__ta __man__ager") open-source project. Rasdaman is a domain-neutral '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Array_DBMS Array Database System]''': it 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. On such '''sensor, image, simulation, and statistics data''' appearing, e.g., in '''earth, space, and life science''' [wiki:ApplicationDomains applications] rasdaman allows to quickly set up array-intensive [wiki:Features services] which are [wiki:WhyRasdaman distinguished] by their flexibility, speed, and scalability. Rasdaman embeds itself smoothly into [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL]. [[Image(wiki:OSGeo:OSGeo_incubation.png, align=left, link=wiki:OSGeoIncubationChecklist, width=160)]] '''Next-Generation Geo Raster Server'''. Rasdaman is brought to you by the guys writing the geo raster standards, including [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcs OGC WCS] and [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcps WCPS], the OGC raster query language. The [PetascopeUserGuide Petascope] component of rasdaman provides service interfaces based on the [http://www.opengeospatial.org OGC] [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcs WCS], [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcps WCPS], [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcps WCS-T], and [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wps/ WPS]. For several of these, rasdaman will be reference implementation. Since April 2011, rasdaman is available on the [http://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html OSGeo Live DVD]. A [http://www.gdal.org/ GDAL] rasdaman driver is available, and likewise a [http://mapserver.org/ MapServer] integration (beta). A [http://postgis.refractions.net/ PostGIS] query language integration is under work, see [wiki:Planning our planning]. In comparison to PostGIS Raster, rasdaman scales and supports n-D instead of 2-D and automatizes tile management. For the '''business value''' of rasdaman, see the [http://www.ohloh.net/p/rasdaman listing on ohloh]. [http://www.earthlook.org EarthLook] is a demonstration site showcasing rasdaman in a variety of 1-D to 4-D geo use cases. == News == * December 16, 2013 -- the WCS Range Subsetting Extension, crafted by the rasdaman team, gets adopted as official OGC standard * '''December 06, 2013 -- rasdaman is OGC's official Reference Implementation for WCS Core''' [[Image(rasdaman-wcs-core-RI.png, width=700)]] * April 11, 2013 -- rasdaman PI Peter Baumann gives keynote lecture "Data, Metadata - Who Cares?" at [http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2013/sessionprogramme/KL EGU General Assembly], Vienna * January 07, 2013 -- rasdaman becomes [http://geossregistries.info/geosspub/resource_details.jsp?compId=urn:geoss:csr:resource:urn:uuid:28063c64-b187-9336-8cf2-d01bead9304b GEOSS component] * [wiki:News more news...] == Download, Installation, Documentation == Go to the [wiki:Download Download page] for instructions. The installation steps are described on the [wiki:Install Install page]. There is ample [wiki:Documentation documentation], including query and programming examples. == Support == The [http://www.jacobs-university.de/lsis Large-Scale Scientific Information Services research group] at [http://www.jacobs-university.de Jacobs University Bremen] is the core development team. Feel free to contact us! A dedicated research spin-off company, [http://www.rasdaman.com rasdaman GmbH], provides software enhancements, expert consultancy, participation in projects, and joint ventures on a commercial basis to foster widespread use of rasdaman. See also the [wiki:Support support page]. == Science == Interested in the scientific background? There is a [http://kahlua.eecs.jacobs-university.de/~lsis/publications.php host of publications] available. == PS: Greetings to all [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari_movement rastafarians]! ''wha'ppen, man?'' ==