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Bush, James S. wrote:
John,I was hoping you could point me in the right direction. I am experimenting with the v2.2 Alpha specifically because I wanted to see how it read NEXRAD level three NIDS files. I have not yet been successful. Should the library be able to handle that type yet? Is NEXRAD Level 3 one of the native types in v2.2 or do I need to register it? Is there possibly a java snippet somewhere that I could look at? Sorry if this is covered somewhere in the docs. I did an initial reading and may have missed the topic due to my unfamiliarity with the API.ThanksJimJames S. Bush Chief Systems Engineer SAIC/NSS Herndon VA 703.796.3233------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi James: yes, version 2.2.06 should work on NIDS data; its already registered. Just open it as if its a netcdf file, eg NetcdfDataset ncfile = null; try { ncfile = NetcdfDataset.openDataset( location, addCoords, task); if (ncfile == null) {JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "NetcdfDataset.open cant open "+location);
} } catch (IOException ioe) {JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "NetcdfDataset.open cant open "+ioe.getMessage());
} or try it in the ToolsUI program. sorry the documentation not yet very complete. if you have problems, send me the error message and/or the file.