M3IO support in 2.2.18

[Nick Collier]

I think the file itself is fine. We only encountered the problem when
we attempted to upgrade to 2.2.18. Opening the file in a prior version
of netcdf with M3IOConvention.factory() worked fine. Unfortunately,
that method no longer exists.

thanks,

Nick

On 2/8/07, Don Murray <dmurray at unidata.ucar.edu> wrote:
> Hi Nick-
>
> Nick Collier wrote:
>
> > I think there may be a problem with the M3IOConvention class in
> > 2.2.18. When I open my file with NetcdfDataset.openDataset the
> > convention is found but the coordinate axes are never identified. I
> > went through the source and it looks like augmentDataset is not
> > implemented. My sense is that an augmentDataset implementation would
> > call M3IOConvention.constructCoordAxes but I'm not entirely sure what
> > else specifically needs to be done. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> The M3IOVGConvention was written by a 3rd party since we do not
> have the expertise at Unidata for that convention.  It's been my
> experience in the IDV that the problem usually lies in either
> an unsupported vertical coordinate, or improperly formatted
> Global variables.  The convention parse is pretty specific
> on what it expects according to the standard and some M3IO
> writers do not adhere to these strict rules.  It could also
> be that the file uses a later version of the M3IO convention
> than the parser handles.
>
> All the checking is done in the M3IOVGConvention.isValidM3IOFile_
> so you could go through that method and see what it doesn't
> like about your file.
>
> > Thanks for a great library,
>
> I guess Baron services is now the holder of the M3IO convention
> now. It would be a great service to the community for someone
> who works closely with the M3IO convention to update the
> parser if need be.
>
>
> Don
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