AbstractChallenges in multidimensional web mappingTrack: Defense and Intelligence Author With the advent of ArcGIS 9.2, the self-describing, multidimensional format of netCDF commonly used to store weather forecasts and climatological data, became available through the Multidimensional Toolbox. Features, Rasters and tabular data were able to be visualised, manipulated and animated from within the Esri 'stack'. But in terms of exposing netCDF as a web map service, is it really as simple as right clicking in ArcCatalog and publishing through ArcGIS Server? This presentation will highlight some of the pitfalls and successes the Royal Australian Navy's Hydrography and METOC Branch have faced using ArcGIS and Open Source software in trying to serve complex spatiotemporal data - simply. Paul Sliogeris Department of Defence Bay E201, Level 2, Bld 89/90 Garden Island Potts Point, NSW 2011 Australia Phone: +61 2 9359 3128 E-mail: paul@metoc.gov.au |