Hi John –
I’m going to be working on unstructured support in the NetCDF-Java library (based on the UGRID Interoperability discussions) to support the IOOS funded modeling testbed (http://testbed.sura.org/). I do have a fair amount of experience on the subject, so I’m not diving in 100% blind… only 97%.
I know unstructured support has come up in the past and I want to make sure I have all of the resources I can get my hands on. I want to make the process as open ended as possible and be in contact with you and the other Netcdf-Java developers as often as needed.
I am hoping that I can lay the foundation in this project that can be used by others to implement things like subsetting and interpolation of unstructured grids inside of Netcdf-Java.
So, where to begin? Dialog on the CDM, the “mesh” feature type, and the “mesh” coordinate system (or if that is not how I should be approaching the problem, something else)?
What would you prefer to be the medium of communication for this, the NetCDF-Java mailing list, the UGRID google group, or another (existing or new) group?
Emails are fine with me…
Thanks,
Kyle Wilcox
Hi Kyle:
Wow, thats pretty exciting. The UGRID google group is probably fine, though occasionally broader input might be requested by posting to the netcdf-java group. It might be interesting to post a summary of the work scope to the netcdf-java at some point, so others know whats going on.
If you want to post a starting email to UGRID, I can respond to it there. Some of the things Id like to hear about are the timelines, deliverables, and preliminary thoughts on implementation.
Looking forward to it!
John
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