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how to generate bitmaps, contour maps and so on

Can anyone offer some advice as to whether it would be feasible to
generate bitmaps images, such as geographic maps with data contours
and political boundaries drawn on top? I have a bunch of scientific
data (satellite derived AVHRR data to be precise) that I will be
importing into a MySQL database and would like to create a web
interface that allows the user to query the database and view the
results as data plotted out on a map. I probably will need to do
other sorts of scientific plotting as well.

Any suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks!
Jun 27 '08 #1
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Can anyone offer some advice as to whether it would be feasible to
generate bitmaps images, such as geographic maps with data contours
and political boundaries drawn on top? I have a bunch of scientific
data (satellite derived AVHRR data to be precise) that I will be
importing into a MySQL database and would like to create a web
interface that allows the user to query the database and view the
results as data plotted out on a map. I probably will need to do
other sorts of scientific plotting as well.

Any suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks!
http://uk2.php.net/imagecreatetruecolor
Jun 27 '08 #2
billgadget wrote:
[...] I have a bunch of scientific data (satellite derived AVHRR data to
be precise) that I will be importing into a MySQL database and would like
to create a web interface that allows the user to query the database and
view the results as data plotted out on a map. I probably will need to do
other sorts of scientific plotting as well.

Any suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks!
I'd probably opt for the full-fledged solution: OpenLayers as the front-end,
Mapnik as the rendering engine, apache2+mod_tile for quick image serving &
caching, spatial-enabled MySQL as the back-end.

<disclaimer>I collaborate on OpenStreetMap, and that's the kind of
infrastructure the project uses.</disclaimer>

I suggest you to research a bit on those topics.

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Jun 27 '08 #3
billgadget wrote:
Can anyone offer some advice as to whether it would be feasible to
generate bitmaps images, such as geographic maps with data contours
and political boundaries drawn on top? I have a bunch of scientific
data (satellite derived AVHRR data to be precise) that I will be
importing into a MySQL database and would like to create a web
interface that allows the user to query the database and view the
results as data plotted out on a map. I probably will need to do
other sorts of scientific plotting as well.

Any suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks!
PHP can use gd library to create/import/output images.
But it may not be a good way for your using case.
Jun 27 '08 #4

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