pre-release version 0.9 (September, 2001)
© Pedro Pereira Gonçalves (pedro@inovagis.org)

Original File rasterparam.htm
Abstract This web page sumarizes the GIServer parameters created to enhace the interactivity with the Web Map Server for Raster Data
Author Pedro Pereira Gonçalves (email)
Last Change
History 2001-11-29 : File Created
Index Page GIServer tutorial
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Apart from WMS parameters, the GIServer accepts layer-specific parameters. These parameters enhance the interactivity of the requests and give a direct linkage to the GIS data.
When requesting these parameters it is necessary to specify to which layer are they refering. For example, if the request is to drawn a NOAA image with the palette color schema number 3, it is necessary to specify :
    <dataset>.<layer>.PAL = 3
Even if the GIServer parameters do NOT respect the WMS specification, all these non-WMS conformant parameters might be transformed in to style definition (see Styles and GIServer Parameters) For raster data the following parameters are defined:
  • .pal (also available for vectorial data)
    This integer parameter defines the palette to be used. Check out the possible values at the inovaGIS help files.

    REQUEST=GETMAP&
    LAYERS= PORTUGAL.NOAA, PORTUGAL.NUT2, TERRA.BORDERS&
    BBOX=-10,35,0,45&
    SRS=EPSG:4326&
    WIDTH=250&
    HEIGHT=250&
    FORMAT=JPEG&
    STYLES=,DEFAULT,DEFAULT&
    TIME=2000-08-09&
    DIM_BAND=3&
    PORTUGAL.NOAA.PAL=1

    Invert palette :   



  • .maxvalue
    This integer parameter defines maximum value to display in the raster data. The color distribution is made not from the real max and min values but with the maximum value requested.

    REQUEST=GETMAP&
    LAYERS= PORTUGAL.NOAA, PORTUGAL.NUT2, TERRA.BORDERS&
    BBOX=-10,35,0,45&
    SRS=EPSG:4326&
    WIDTH=250&
    HEIGHT=250&
    FORMAT=JPEG&
    STYLES=,DEFAULT,DEFAULT&
    TIME=2000-08-09&
    DIM_BAND=3&
    PORTUGAL.NOAA.MAXVALUE=




  • .minvalue
    This integer parameter defines minimum value to display in the raster data. The color distribution is made not from the real max and min values but with the minimum value requested.

    REQUEST=GETMAP&
    LAYERS= PORTUGAL.NOAA, PORTUGAL.NUT2, TERRA.BORDERS&
    BBOX=-10,35,0,45&
    SRS=EPSG:4326&
    WIDTH=250&
    HEIGHT=250&
    FORMAT=JPEG&
    STYLES=,DEFAULT,DEFAULT&
    TIME=2000-08-09&
    DIM_BAND=3&
    PORTUGAL.NOAA.MINVALUE=




See also:

This is a old historical version of the inovaGIS site For updated info about GIServer please go to http://giserver.terradue.com/