Welcome to ncWMS
ncWMS is a Web Map Service for geospatial data that are stored in CF-compliant NetCDF files. The intention is to create a WMS that requires minimal configuration: the source data files should already contain most of the necessary metadata.
ncWMS is implemented in Java as a web application. To install ncWMS you simply place the WAR (Web ARchive) file in your application server of choice (e.g. Tomcat).
ncWMS relies heavily on the Java NetCDF interface from Unidata. This library does a lot of the work of metadata and data extraction. In particular the GridDatatype class is frequently used to provide a high-level interface to gridded geospatial NetCDF files. The library will also read from NetCDF files on HTTP servers and from OPeNDAP servers.
ncWMS has now been integrated with the THREDDS Data Server, thanks to colleagues at the University of Tasmania and Unidata. See http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/THREDDS/tech/TDS.html for more details.
For more information please see:
- Downloading, building and installing ncWMS - Go here to get source code and binaries
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Interactive data portal showing ncWMS in action, and user guide.
- Mailing lists - ask for help here!
- Who is using ncWMS? - user stories
- Who has contributed to the ncWMS code?
- Publications and Presentations about ncWMS
- CompatibleClients: WMS clients that are known to be compatible with ncWMS (although any WMS client should in theory work!)
- Outstanding issues: new features and fixes that are in the pipeline
- WmsExtensions "Extra" features implemented by ncWMS that are not in the WMS specification.
- Javadoc for the latest code in the Subversion server (note that Javadoc has not been published for older releases)
- Sourceforge project
About Trac
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- TracGuide -- Built-in Documentation
- The Trac project -- Trac Open Source Project
- Trac FAQ -- Frequently Asked Questions
- TracSupport -- Trac Support
