cite rasdaman! DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1040170
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Welcome to rasdaman — the world's most flexible and scalable Array Engine

rasdaman ("raster data manager") allows storing and querying massive multi-dimensional ​arrays, such as sensor, image, simulation, and statistics data appearing in domains like earth, space, and life science. This worldwide leading array analytics engine distinguishes itself by its flexibility, performance, and scalability. Rasdaman can process arrays residing in file system directories as well as in databases.

In fact, rasdaman has pioneered ​Array Databases being the first fully implemented, operationally used system with an array query language and optimized processing engine with unprecedented scalability. ​EarthServer, has established intercontinental fusion of Petabyte datacubes. See the ​latest news for what has happened recently in the rasdaman and standardization universe!

OpenHub says: "top 10% of all project teams on Open Hub", "maintained by a large development team", "well established, mature codebase, stable Y-O-Y commits"

Wanna try? It's easy! First, for getting an impression of rasdaman you can try out hands-on: ​http://standards.rasdaman.com is a demonstration site showcasing rasdaman-enabled the Big Earth Data standards OGC WCS and WCPS in a variety of 1-D to 5-D geo use cases. Next, you can download readily configured VMs, RPMs, or - of course - compile rasdaman from source. For each step, there is ​ample documentation available, as well as ​professional support, including dedicated ​mailing lists.

Next-Generation Geo Raster Server. From simple geo imagery services up to complex analytics, rasdaman provides the whole spectrum of functionality on spatio-temporal raster data - both regular and irregular grids. And it does so with an unprecedented performance and scalability, as recent scientific benchmarks show. To leverage this enabling technology, users do not necessarily have to learn new interfaces: rasdaman integrates smoothly with R, OpenLayers, Leaflet, NASA WorldWind, GDAL, MapServer, ESRI ArcGIS, and many more.

Makers of Big Data Standards. Rasdaman is brought to you by the guys writing the Big Datacube standards, such as ISO DIS SQL/MDA (Multi-Dimensional Arrays), integrating n-D arrays seamlessly into relational world. This standard will be domain-independent and can serve all of Earth, Space, Life sciences, and beyond. Further, rasdaman is the blueprint for Earth datacubes with ​OGC WCS and ​WCPS, the OGC raster query language. No surprise, rasdaman supports ​OGC ​WMS, ​WCS core and all extensions including ​WCS-T, ​WCPS, and ​WPS. Further, rasdaman is INSPIRE WCS reference implementation.

Worldwide Recognition. A continuous series of international innovation awards recognizes rasdaman's lead in datacube analytics. US CIO Review ​has picked rasdaman into their ​Most Promising Big Data Technologies. rasdaman is official OGC and INSPIRE WCS Reference Implementation and ​listed in the GEOSS Component and Service Registry. Finally, rasdaman is included in the OSGeo Live DVD) of particularly recommended open-source geo tools.

Game changing, disruptive technology. The rasdaman array query language forms the blueprint for the ​ISO Array SQL and ​OGC WCPS datacube analytics standards. Independent experts unanimously attested that, based on "proven evidence", rasdaman will "significantly transform the way scientists access and use data in a way that hitherto was not possible".

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.

See also the support page.

Science

Interested in the scientific background? There is a ​host of publications available.

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