Re: netCDF and ESRI

Its built in.

Ashraf Memon wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> If we run TDS server do we need Opendap or it is built in to TDS?
>
> Thanks,
> Ashraf
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Caron [mailto:address@hidden]
> > Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 12:27 PM
> > To: Ashraf Memon
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Subject: Re: netCDF and ESRI
> >
> > Ashaf:
> >
> > here are some CF files you can download:
>
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/examples/sresa1b_ncar_ccsm3_
> 0_run1
>
> > _200001.nc
>
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/examples/ECMWF_ERA-40_subset
> .nc
>
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/examples/cami_0000-09-
> > 01_64x128_L26_c030918.nc
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/examples/RUC.nc
>
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/examples/tos_O1_2001-2002.nc
>
> > Ashraf Memon wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Chuck/John,
> > >
> > > If you guys could compress some of the nc files and send it across I
> > > will check it out in ArcGIS.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ashraf
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Caron [mailto:address@hidden]
> > > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 1:04 PM
> > > To: address@hidden
> > > Cc: Ashraf Memon
> > > Subject: Re: netCDF and ESRI
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Chuck Meertens wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi John,
> > > > Ashraf Memon from SDSC will be here tomorrow
> > > > for the data workshop and has just received a beta
> > > > version of ArcGIS that has netCDF capability. Our existing
> > > > geophysics files do not work out of the box and I
> > > > wonder if you or Russ have any more documentation
> > > > on ESRI's implementation of netCDF that might be
> > > > helpful as we try to build compatible files that work
> > > > both for ArcGIS and IDV? It might be useful to
> > > > have for the discussion tomorrow morning.
> > > > Thanks and we look forward to seeing you tomorrow.
> > > > Chuck
> > >
> > > Heres the message back from ESRI:
> > >
> > >
> > > Basically if its CF compliant, "it should just work", and if it
>
> doesn't,
>
> > > we want to figure out why not. There are two common problems we've
>
> run
>
> > > into...
> > >
> > > 1) gridded data that is variably spaced along a coordinate axis.
>
> People
>
> > > want to read this in as an image, we will only read it as points or a
> > > table.
> > >
> > > 2) there are several ways people specify their coordinate axes and
>
> grid
>
> > > mapping and varying degrees or attempts at CF compliance. In these
>
> cases
>
> > > we've had people send us the CDL and take a look and send them back
> > > suggestions on how to be more CF compliant.
> > >
> > > If you don't use any grid mapping and your data is lat/long WGS84, it
> > > should also draw in the right place, since this is the coordinate
>
> system
>
> > > we are assuming if we find no grid mapping.
> > >
> > > Just curious, are you getting questions internally from people at
>
> NCAR
>
> > > and UCAR working with the beta software, or general questions from
> > > people who heard we were going to support netCDF?
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Caron [mailto:address@hidden]
> > > Sent: Mon 2/6/2006 9:11 AM
> > > To: Steve Kopp
> > > Subject: ArcGISwith netCDF
> > >
> > > Hi Steve:
> > >
> > > Im getting inquiries about how to make netcdf files work with ArcGIS.
>
> DO
>
> > > you have a writeup anywhere that explains this, that I can point
>
> people
>
> > > to?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks!