WMS (Web Map Service) is a webservice that provides maps. The client specifies
the region (extent), layers etc & the server draws the map as an image, & sends
the image for the client to display.There is a companion web service, WFS (Web
Feature Service) which allows a client to request the data, which it generally
displays locally on a map.
Geoserver provides both of these services, as do many other applications.
A third service (note- there are still more) is SOS (Sensor Observation
Service). This is not as well supported, as sensor observations are not
typically GIS data, but contain time series data, generally from instruments
like climate & hydrometric services.
These data are also provided as files in various custom formats, that you need
to download & open with appropriate software. Geoserver is not often used to
supply such data, though it can serve WFS for use as a discovery service for
the stations or instruments.
At http://earth.nullschool.net/ you can see an interactive map of wind & wave
data. Click on "Earth" - bottom left - to see the menu, then click on "about"
for information on what data is displayed & where it is obtained.
For ice data, I suggest you try polarview or the NATICE centre - both provide
maps via WMS as well as vector data via WFS...
Cheers
Brent Wood
From: warlockdn <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2016 7:35 PM
Subject: [Geoserver-users] Geoserver - Weather and Sea Data ?
Hi,
This is relatively new to me so please do bear with me. I want to request
weather and sea related data like
Wind Wave Height (m)
Wind Wave Period (s)
Air Pressure (hPa)
Wind Speed @ 10m (kts)
Precipitation (mm)
Ice Cover
and some more data from geoserver wms well I only got this much into my
head.
I search in many places and found people are getting data from NOAA and
Weather.gov but I tried searching all over the sites but only found data
related to US. How does this actually work.
I get data in some format and save it to a DB ? Even if I could find a tut
would have helped me but I couldn't find any.
Please guide me through this um totally lost here.
Two things
Geoserver and how it works actually
and Weather - Sea Data
Thanks
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