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[IDV #JXN-420621]: CF's coordinates attribute support?

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  • Subject: [IDV #JXN-420621]: CF's coordinates attribute support?
  • Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 17:42:35 -0600
No problem Mark - glad it worked!

Let us know if you encounter any other issues,

Sean

> Sean,
> 
> I've removed the missing values and things are looking much better now.
> 
> Thanks for the quick reply!
> 
> Mark
> 
> On 05/29/2013 06:19 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> > Greetings Mark,
> >
> > The IDV supports the CF conventions via the netCDF-Java library. The issue
> > with your file is that the lat and lon coordinate variables contain missing 
> > data,
> > which is not allowed. I think your file will be ok once all of the values 
> > in the
> > coordinate variables are stored in the netCDF file.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I've been having trouble reading the attached file in IDV.  It uses the
> >> coordinates attribute defined in the CF metadata convention. The first
> >> couple times I tried loading the file a few weeks ago, I got an error
> >> about not being able to recognize gridded data.  However, now that I'm
> >> trying again to reproduce the error, the file seems to load fine but
> >> attempting to view its properties or plot data just hangs the application.
> >>
> >> It is possible I'm not formatting the file properly but, aside from
> >> proper formatting, does IDV support CF's coordinates attribute?
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Mark
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mark Otero
> >> Scripps Institution of Oceanography
> >> Email:  address@hidden
> >> Phone:  858-822-3537
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: JXN-420621
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: JXN-420621
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open