Re: A netcdf suggestion (fwd)

Russ Rew wrote:
> John,
>
> Roy Mendelssohn asks whether there is a GUI interface to create
> netCDF files.  I thought of ToolsUI, but it doesn't seem to do that.
> Have you seen any GUIs for easily creating netCDF files?  Requiring
> typing in CDL or NcML doesn't count.

I dont know of any, but its a good idea!

> Incidentally, I was able to start up the ToolsUI by downloading the
> .jar file and invoking
>
>   java -Xmx512m -jar toolsUI-2.2.10.jar

Thats a pretty old file, where did you get that link?

> (which is different from the "java -Xmx512m -jar toolsUI-2.2.jar" given
> on the web page), but using javaws on buddy didn't work for me.  When
> I clicked on
>
>   
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/v2.2/webstart/netCDFtools-2.2.jnlp
>
> from Firefox on buddy, it brought up a Java alert box that said
> "Java(TM) Loading" for about 10 seconds and then disappeared.  No
> ToolsUI window appeared.


> It's not any of the problems mentioned under "Possible Webstart
> Problems" on the "NetCDF Tools UI" page.

I just added a "General Problem Diagnosis" section. can you try following those 
directions and seeing if we can track down the problem using them?

> --Russ
>
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> Date:    Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:35:54 -0700
> From:    "Roy Mendelssohn" <address@hidden>
> To:      Russ Rew <address@hidden>
> Subject: A netcdf suggestion
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> Hi Russ:
>
> In preparation for the upcoming meetings and a presentation I will be 
> making in DC, we have been reviewing some of where we stand and what 
> we would like to see.  Lynn deWitt of my staff offered the one below, 
> which strikes me as a good suggestion, so I am passing it on.
>
> See you next week.
>
> -Roy
>
>
> This might already exist, but I was thinking that someone, maybe the 
> unidata folks, should write a GUI interface to create netcdf files. 
> Could be a spreadsheet sort of thing where you could import columns 
> from text files or Excel or whatever.  You could choose which columns 
> would be the "dimensions", have boxes where you could enter 
> attributes, have choices of "conventions", etc.  It would really help 
> non-programmers (ie most people these days) write proper netCDF files.