>> What I have not seen in the API, any example code or user guides I  have 
>> looked at is
>> straightforward a way to query the values of one or a group of cells in a 
>> grid, and to
>> perform simple map algebra on one or more grid layers based on the cell 
>> values. In
>> other words, simple raster GIS calculation and overlay functions.

Hi Dan - I'm working on a similar-ish things and am half way through
porting a c++ landscape model, which used simple 2d arrays to store
raster data, to a java/geotools version.  The nutshell summary is that
geotools gives you all the nifty georeferencing / gis I/O stuff while
for map algebra you go one level down and interrogate the raster data
using Java Advanced Imaging.  For some common operations, like
convolution (= neighbourhood analyses), there are geotools wrappers
for the JAI classes/methods.  Have a look at:
http://javadoc.geotools.fr/snapshot/org/geotools/coverage/processing/operation/package-summary.html

> You will find that there was a google summer of code project covering
> some of the ideas of a "grid calculator"; I am not sure if it was selected.
> I do recommend you check out this project - http://jgrass.dev.fsc.bz.it/
> it does a bunch of raster stuff.

Cool !!!  I hope it's happening.  Thanks Jody.

Michael

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