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Hi,
I tried IDV 2.8 and found out that it's not detecting OPeNDAP Grids automatically when I use "I'm Feeling Lucky" in Data Source Type. It prompts the "Adde Text" instead. I haven't seen this problem in the previous versions of IDV. To verify it, please try the following OPeNDAP Grid: http://acdisc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/HDF-EOS5/Aura_OMI_Level3/OMTO3d.003/2010/OMI-Aura_L3-OMTO3d_2010m0101_v003-2010m0106t053032.he5 Is there a new option in IDV 2.8 to make the automatic detection work?
The IDV uses string patterns to try to figure out what kind of data source a url or file is. It just isn't matching your url. The prompt for "Adde Text" does not indicate that the IDV thinks this is ADDE Text data. Rather, that data source type is just the first one in the list.
Attached is a plugin that you can install (copy to ~/.unidata/idv/DefaultIdv/plugins or install it with the Plugins Manager under the Tools menu). This datasource.xml file just defines a new type - HDF-EOS5 data source, that just has the pattern: "HDF-EOS". Now, when you enter the above url with the plugin installed it will pick up on the pattern and create the right kind of data source automatically.
-Jeff
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<datasources>
<datasource
id="hdfgrid"
factory="ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource"
patterns="HDF-EOS"
fileselection="true"
doesmultiples="false"
label="HDF-EOS5 Grid">
</datasource>
</datasources>
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