[netcdf-java] fastest way to determine feature type

To: Java NetCDF <netcdf-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [netcdf-java] fastest way to determine feature type
From: Don Murray <don.murray@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:19:41 -0600

Hi-

I have a bunch of netCDF files and I want to quickly determine whetherthey are grids, trajectories, or point features. For grids, I've beenusing GridDataset gds = GridDataset.open(path) and catch the exceptionif it's not a grid, but for a 3.3 GB file, that can take 2 minutes (orlonger) to open and create the dataset if it is a grid. I was wonderingif there's a quicker method of determining the feature type of a netCDFfile.


Thanks for your help.

Don
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