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Annie, We'll give you a more complete answer on Monday. IDV staff is on Spring Break. In the meantime please peruse: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/thredds/current/netcdf-java/documentation.htm You can probably find examples of what you are trying to achieve therein. Best, Unidata IDV Support > Greetings, > > My name is Annie Burgess, I'm working on an open source project to extract > the metadata from netcdf files. I've been using IDV to explore several > NetCDF datasets and thought I might ask if someone at Unidata could point > me to the java code that extracts the metadata from a NetCDF file, as it > does under Data/Edit/Properties/Metadata (example attached). I assume this > metadata code is hidden in one of the IDV .jar files - I've just had no > luck finding it! > > I appreciate any insight you can give. > > Best, , > Annie > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Ann Bryant Burgess PhD > > NASA/JPL Alaska Science Center > Pasadena, CA USGS, Anchorage, AK > > Cell: (585) 7*38-7549* > Office: (907) 786 - 7059 > Fax: (907) 786-7150 > E-mail: address@hidden > 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4626 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: JKM-822210 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open