[netcdfgroup] OPeNDAP support for the Python netcdf4 package on Windows

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• Subject: [netcdfgroup] OPeNDAP support for the Python netcdf4 package on Windows
• From: Rich Signell <rsignell@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 07:33:58 -0400

Folks,

Most folks on Windows systems who want to do scientific computing in
Python will use the Enthought distribution
(http://www.enthought.com/products/epd.php) or the Python(x,y)
distribution (http://www.pythonxy.com).

Both include the wonderful NetCDF4-python library
(http://code.google.com/p/netcdf4-python/), but sadly, neither one has
the built-in opendap support that is possible with NetCDF4.   (The
Enthought packages for Linux and Mac *do* have OPeNDAP support in the
NetCDF4 library, just not on Windows).

I know there are other ways to get opendap support in Python, but it
seems like this should be relatively easy fix.   In the Python(x,y)
distribution, I see these .dlls:
HDF5_HLDLL.DLL
HDF5DLL.DLL
NETCDF.DLL
SZ.DLL
ZLIB1.DLL

Has anyone solved this problem?

It would be great to get NetCDF4 working with OpenDAP for Python users
on Windows.

Thanks,
-- 
Dr. Richard P. Signell   (508) 457-2229
USGS, 384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598

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