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[Support #IFF-938605]: Longitude problem in mapping dataset

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  • Subject: [Support #IFF-938605]: Longitude problem in mapping dataset
  • Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:32:02 -0700
Hi Martha,

> 
> I'm in Oregon getting a great animation together with whale tracks and SST 
> imagery down off the Costa Rica dome area. My coworker is finding IDV easier 
> and better to implement this project than ARCMap.

Great!

> 
> The main web page to find SST and chlorophyll data sets is:
> http://las.pfeg.noaa.gov/oceanWatch/oceanwatch_safari.php?dsetinit=GA3&varinit=ssta&hab=0&currentvarindex=0&compinit=hday&reginit=c&modeinit=r
> 
> If you download a file as OpeNDAP, it imports correctly but if you grab it 
> automatically (which you would want to do if getting more than 1 time slice), 
> it is shifted.
> 
> I've tried several of the data sets including the daily SST imagery at:
> http://oceanwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov:8081/thredds/dodsC/satellite/GA/ssta/hday 
> which was shifted.
> 
> I don't know if all the data sets map incorrectly but the daily SST imagery I 
> grabbed was shifted to the right.
> I WAS able to get usable data by specifying a smaller geographic area in the 
> properties option of the data source so have been able to continue working. 
> However, if you want to suck in the entire geographic extent, I ran into the 
> "shift" problem.

I too am having this problem. I've asked our netcdf/opendap group to look into 
this and will get back to you when we know more.

> 
> I'll be returning Saturday. I did several "demos" of the software and have 
> some comments from a competitor programmer (who wants to sell us his 
> software) that I hope you might have time to address. Will email you when I 
> get back in town.
> 

Great. Looking forward to hearing these comments.

-Jeff


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: IFF-938605
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open