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Eric Russell wrote:
At 10:17 AM -0600 6/6/06, John Caron wrote:A new stable release of netcdf-java 2.2.16 is now ready at http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/This release adds, among other features, BUFR reading and pluggable coordinate transforms, as well as various bug fixes.You are encouraged to upgrade to new stable releases as they become available. A stable release means that no further features will be added, and only bug fixes will be made.I've been playing with the new ucar.nc2.dt.PointObsDataset, but I can'tfind any Point data to test it with. Can you point me to a Thredds library that has some point data in it? Thanks,Eric
Hi Eric: Try any of the files at: http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/catalog/station/metar/catalog.html you should downloaf the files to your disk and access locally for better performance.