Minor note: The "official" GMT documentation for this is at: http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/html/GMT_Docs.html#x1-224000K.3
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Russ Rew <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is there a way to store outline information in NetCDF/CF? = >> >> >> I am looking for a way to store e.g. glacier outline, sea ice edge/extent e= >> tc = >> >> in NetCDF. It would simplify data management within heterogeneous systems. = >> >> Data can then be dumped to Shapefiles, KML etc upon user request, but for l= >> ong = >> >> term data management purposes they may be stored in NetCDF/CF along with = >> >> gridded data, time series, trajectories etc. > > There are no CF conventions for storing such outline information, but > the widely used GMT (Generic Mapping Tools) software uses netCDF with > GMT-specific conventions for storing coastal outlines, as line segments > in tiles. For a high-level description see the section "K.3 The long > and winding road" from the GMT Technical Reference and Cookbook by Paul > Wessel and Walter H. F. Smith: > > http://tabs2.gerg.tamu.edu/gmt/GMT_Docs/node222.html > > --Russ > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- Dr. Richard P. Signell (508) 457-2229 USGS, 384 Woods Hole Rd. Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598 _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
