[kepler-dev] [Bug 2348] New: - Rewrite disk based GIS code for speed increase

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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2348

           Summary: Rewrite disk based GIS code for speed increase
           Product: Kepler
           Version: 1.0.0beta2
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: actors
        AssignedTo: higgins at nceas.ucsb.edu
        ReportedBy: higgins at nceas.ucsb.edu
         QAContact: kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org


Currently, the java GIS routines for handling ascii grid files uses a
PersistentVector class that was originally created for Morpho when raster are
too large for RAM. This method works but is really quite slow. 
A good part of this slowness is probably due to the treatment of the raster data
as Java objects (actually as string arrays).
It is likely that a new approach using Java NIO buffers could greatly speed up
these virtual memory routines. This should be investigated at some point in the
future.
Dan Higgins - Jan 31, 2006