I'm working on a project using climate data and MySQL. Before I start to work, what's your advice on the best way to complete this task.
I plan on using the following workflow:
- Analyse the climate-data, creating a mysql database-schema that could hold the data. (all tables should use UTF-8 as charset).
- Download all the raw-data from worldclim.org, using the 30 arc-seconds (~1 km) resolution.
- Import the data. Providing a dump
I have already downloaded the data for Min.Temperature, and it looks like this when I open one of the folders
The data is in .adf format: how can I insert that format into MySQL?
Also, what do you think is the best way to organize the database in MySQL for that kind of data?
Thank you.
UPDATE
I explored and found out that is option in AutoCAD Map 3D (FDO) where I can insert shapefiles in MySQL. Maybe then is the best way to convert coverages to shapefiles and then in Autocad Map 3D to MySQL?
I need to use MySQL. So I'll download . bil files. gissolved said I can save it in a blob field in my database and KevinMayall said I should convert it to ASCII and then to MySQL. These are raster files. What is the best way to import .bil files to database then?