[Geoserver-devel] NcML coverage plugin

GeoServer GeoServer Developer
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Hi:

Has anyone worked on creating a plugin for NcML files (the XML-based
metadata representation for Netcdf files)?

More on NcML here:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/publications/ComputersAndGeosciences2004/nativicompsandgeo04.pdf
http://www.ogcnetwork.net/node/214

I worked on a first version of a geotools NcML plugin, an example
GetMap request can be seen here:

http://www.smoke-fire.us:8080/geoserver/wms?LAYERS=topp:091961800_01600,fisl:countries&FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=true&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&STYLES=raster,countries&EXCEPTIONS=application/vnd.ogc.se_inimage&SRS=EPSG:4326&BBOX=-135,22,-90,55&WIDTH=800&HEIGHT=600

This dataset is 2D, but it should work with nD datasets, provided that
the WMS module passes TIME and ELEVATION parameters to the coverage
format.

The plugin is based on the NetCDF geotools code that Cedric Biancon
had sent me a year or 2 ago.

Alex