Using INTAMAP

INTAMAP Clients

SeeSharp mapping client

SeeSharp is a mapping client built using the Microsoft .NET Framework featuring support for the INTAMAP automatic interpolation service. It enables users to import data from various sources, including OGC Web Feature/Map Services and process this data using OGC Web Processing Services. It has a very simple to use interface and can be used to explore the INTAMAP service in conjunction with OGC services. It is not designed as a fully featured client for INTAMAP, rather to enable use of the INTAMAP service with a range of other OGC services.

Download and installation instructions show how to obtain the client. To start the client, run SeeSharp.exe.

Usage

To import observations, click the 'Import observations from XML file' Icon button. The file must contain valid O&M (Observations and Measurements) formatted data. Example O&M are available from the INTAMAP svn.

To import data from an OGC Web Feature/Map Service, click the 'Import data from Web Service' Icon button, then select the service you wish to import from. The ability to use a Web Processing Service is accessed in the same way.

Click the 'Zoom to Extents' Icon button to view all of the data on the map.

To send the observations to the INTAMAP automatic interpolation service, click the 'Interpolate' Icon button. Select the observations to interpolate and set any parameters you wish to send. Click 'Finish' to send the request to the service. The result of the interpolation will be added to the map once processing has completed.

Screenshots


Working with multiple layers is easy within the client and layers can be turned on or off as desired.


Selecting a WPS process to execute allows many processing operations to be accessed. You need to know the URL for the process, however several are hardcoded as examples which all worked at the time of publication (August 2009).


Selecting WFS features to import - these can be used to provide context to the interpolation results. Again several example WFS URLs are provided.


Displaying interpolation results is quite simple. The client is designed for ease of use rather than being overly feature rich, but the visualisation options are quite complete.