BALTRAD WMS

by Tuomas Peltonen, STUK tuomas.peltonen@stuk.fi

Dependencies

• Python version 2.6 or higher
• SqlAlchemy (http://www.sqlalchemy.org/
• Mapserver version 6 or later with Python bindings (http://mapserver.org/)
• h5py (http://code.google.com/p/h5py/)
• pyproj (http://code.google.com/p/pyproj/)
• numpy (http://numpy.scipy.org/)
• Python GDAL bindings (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/GDAL/)
• Apache or any other web server software that can handle cgi requests

Additional configuration required (ubuntu 20.04) - (by Eugene Savelov savelov@gmail.com) sudo apt install libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 python3-distutils python3-mapscript ttf-mscorefonts-installer python3-netcdf4 python3-rasterio python3-pyproj python3-dateutil sudo a2enmod wsgi sudo cp fonts.list /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts sudo cp nowcast.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled

REST API for nowcasts - retuns 'nan' or probability of precipitation http://localhost/nowcast_wsgi?lon=36.97&lat=55.21

History

13.12.2013

• Added support for FMI Open data
• Migrated metadata storage from file to DB
• Improved logging
• Improved colour scales
• Added support for countour plots
• Documentation updated
• Many minor improvements

30.1.2013

• Added WSGI script for baltrad_wms

28.11.2012:

• Added support for multiple datasets in single HDF5 file (ie. mm/h units)
• Increased performance when viewing dBZ results
• Updated Web demo

11.11.2011:

• Fixed data reprojection bug
• Colourmap changed
• Added Centos5 installation instructions
• Added licenses etc.
• added clear baltrad data script

6.10.2011:

• First version 0.1 released for testing