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Re: [thredds] geospaticalCoverage metadata information

Hi Roland,

Looking again ...

Roland Schweitzer wrote:

I create an aggregation with these files and include the following in a <metadata> element.

<geospatialCoverage>
                                                <northsouth>
<start>-90</start>
                                                        <size>73</size>
<resolution>2.5</resolution> <units>degrees_north</units>
                                                </northsouth>
                                                <eastwest>
<start>0</start> <size>144</size> <resolution>2.5</resolution> <units>degrees_east</units>
                                                </eastwest>
 </geospatialCoverage>

When I look at the HTML of the THREDDS catalog using TDS (Implementation-Version: 3.16.32) I get this:


      GeospatialCoverage:

    * / Longitude: / 0.0 to 144.0 Resolution=2.5 degrees_east
    * / Latitude: / -90.0 to -17.0 Resolution=2.5 degrees_north

Have I misinterpreted the documentation, is this a bug in TDS, or what?

... I think it is a misinterpretation of the documentation.

The range is defined using the start and size (extent) of the range, so the range is [start, start+size]. The range is then output using the start and end values of the range: [start, end]. So, a start of -90 and size of 73 result in [-90, -17].

This one is pretty easy to get tripped up on as start/end seems more natural, certainly for me anyway. Let me know if we could clarify our documentation somewhere.

Hope this helps,

Ethan

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