[THREDDS #TND-409701]: Please add LambertConformalConicEllipse (and Albers, AlbersEllipse) to WCS

yuan, what is the status of this?

> Yuan,
> 
> I would install FWTOOLS and then use OpenEV (free).  You can open your
> geotif, and then open a shape file or kml file coastline or state
> boundary to make sure it's right.
> 
> -Rich
> 
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Unidata THREDDS Support
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> Ethan,
> >> Thanks for the explanation. I guess we'll just stick with netcdf until
> >> Yuan implements the geotiff.
> >>
> >> -Rich
> >>
> > Rich,
> >         I just added AlbersEllipse into geotif writer, not sure if the 
> > output is correct. If you have a good sample, or knowing a good client to 
> > test the result, please forward the information. I will added 
> > LambertConformalConicEllipse after making sure this one is right.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Yuan
> >> On Nov 6, 2009, at 1:52 PM, "Unidata THREDDS Support" <address@hidden
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi Rich,
> >> >
> >> > The problem is that we can't currently write valid GeoTIFF files
> >> > using these projections. The netCDF-java library can handle data in
> >> > these projections. The TDS can serve the data over WCS just not if a
> >> > GeoTIFF response is requested.
> >> >
> >> > Updating the GeoTIFF code will require a bit of coding and some
> >> > digging into the GeoTIFF spec to figure out the appropriate tags. I
> >> > will toss this over to our GeoTIFF person, Yuan, to see what he
> >> > thinks.
> >> >
> >> > Ethan
> >> >
> >> >> I'm using TDS Version 4.1.20091023.2359 - 20091023.2359  with this
> >> >> WCS
> >> >> GetCoverage request:
> >> >>
> >> >> curl -o file1.nc 
> >> >> 'http://blackburn.whoi.edu:8081/thredds/wcs/mag/WY?service=WCS&;
> >> >> version=
> >> >> 1.0
> >> >> .0&request=GetCoverage&format=GeoTIFF&coverage=mag_anom&bbox=-110.0,4
> >> >> 2.0,-107.0,43.0'
> >> >>
> >> >> which is failing with
> >> >> 2009-10-30T13:02:47.286 -0400 [  52226201][    5152] ERROR -
> >> >> thredds.server.wcs.
> >> >> v1_0_0_1.WcsHandler - Unknown problem.
> >> >> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Must be lat/lon or
> >> >> LambertConformal or Merca
> >> >> tor and grid =
> >> >> ucar.unidata.geoloc.projection.proj4.LambertConformalConicEllipse
> >> >> at ucar.nc2.geotiff.GeotiffWriter.writeGrid(GeotiffWriter.java:989)
> >> >> at ucar.nc2.geotiff.GeotiffWriter.writeGrid(GeotiffWriter.java:130)
> >> >> at thredds.wcs.v1_0_0_1.WcsCoverage.writeCoverageDataToFile
> >> >> (WcsCoverage.
> >> >> java:253)
> >> >>
> >> >> I bet the new LambertConformalConicEllipse (and probably Albers,
> >> >> AlbersEllipse) have simply not been added to the list for WCS, right?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Ticket Details
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> >> > Ticket ID: TND-409701
> >> > Department: Support THREDDS
> >> > Priority: High
> >> > Status: Open
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
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> > Ticket ID: TND-409701
> > Department: Support THREDDS
> > Priority: High
> > Status: Open
> >
> >
> 
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: TND-409701
Department: Support THREDDS
Priority: Critical
Status: Open