Abstract

OGC WMS/WCS Use for Lunar and Other Planetary Data Sets
Track: Imagery
Authors: Lucian Plesea, Trent Hare

A team of users of planetary mappers will conduct an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Interoperability Experiment (IE) in March 2011, to assess the benefits and limitations of current OGC mapping standards.
This Planetary IE will strengthen the planetary community understanding of various OGC specifications, demonstrate application for planetary science, test and share existing implementations, and produce an OGC "Best Practices" document that can be used to inform the broader planetary community of the lessons learned. Change requests on OGC Specifications might be provided to the OGC Technical Committee to influence the underlying specifications. It is not anticipated that this IE will develop any new specifications.
One of the participants in the IE will be the Lunar Mapping and Modeling Project (LMMP), a collaborative project which provides tools and access to large amounts of data to the lunar exploration community. Details of using the OGC protocols within LMMP will be presented.