diff --git a/src/casemap.cpp b/src/casemap.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35d5f70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/casemap.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#include <gdal/gdal.h>
+#include "gdal/gdal_priv.h"
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include <stdfloat>
+
+#include "CaseMap.hh"
+#include "HeightMap.hh"
+
+CaseMap::CaseMap(int width, int height, int* cases)
+{
+    this->width = width;
+    this->height = height;
+    this->cases = cases;
+
+}
+int CaseMap::get_case(int x, int y)
+{
+    // all the pixels are in an array of floats from left to right, top to bottom
+    int offset = ((this->width * y) + x);
+    return *(this->cases + offset);
+}
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diff --git a/src/casemap.hh b/src/casemap.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b4cce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/casemap.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/**
+    @brief stores the cases produced from image
+ */
+class CaseMap
+{
+    public:
+        float* data;
+        int width; //!< width of image in cases
+        int height; //!< height of image in cases
+
+        CaseMap(int width, int height, int* cases);
+        float get_case(int x,int y);
+};
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diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 4871dbb..617c683 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 #include "HeightMap.hh"
+#include "CaseMap.hh"
 #include <iostream>
 #include <ostream>
+#include <vector>
+#include <gdal/gdal.h>
+
+std::vector<CaseMap> produce_casemap(HeightMap* heightmap)
+{
+    std::vector<CaseMap> output;
+    int* test = (int *) CPLMalloc(sizeof(int)*heightmap->width*heightmap->height);
+    CaseMap casemap1(heightmap->width-1, heightmap->height-1, test);
+    output.push_back(casemap1);
+    return output
+}
+//(int a, int b, )
+
 
 int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
 {
@@ -19,4 +33,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
         std::cout << "\n";
     }
     std::cout << "\nend🤡\n";
+    casemap = produce_casemap(map);
+    std::cout << casemap.get_case( 2, 2)
 }
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