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Stuart Wier wrote:
John,I have some observation data (such as http://geon.unavco.org/unavco/CDL/GPS_sample.cdl) which works in the IDV. (In PointObsDatasetFactory in your nc2.2 it is picked up as a OldUnidataPointObsDataset which haspublic class OldUnidataPointObsDataset extends PointObsDatasetImpl { static private String latName = "lat"; static private String lonName = "lon"; static private String altName = "Depth"; static private String timeName = "timeObs"; I would like to replace variable names lat,lon,Depth,timeObs with latitude,longitude,depth,time to be consistent with your Unidata Observation Dataset v1.0 conventions. But when I make that change the IDV givesucar.unidata.data.BadDataException: Unable to make a PointObsDataset from GPS_sample.ncError = Cant find a Point/Station adapter for GPS_sample.ncHow can I make an observation data file that uses latitude,longitude,depth,time?the variable names Depth and timeObs are ugly and not in the convention. I have a faint memory that I created them for some GEON data more than a year ago. Now I can'tget rid of them! Stu
Hi Stu:Did you try using the latest nj22.jar as i mentioned in my last email? There are a number of bug fixes we need to make this work.