Changes between Version 31 and Version 32 of udg/ecoms
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v31 v32 98 98 }}} 99 99 100 Currently, only the `OPeNDAP` access service is fully operative in the portal. Therefore, in this example, we will illustrate the use of this service, which allows selecting time/spatial data slices from the `OPeNDAP` data access form shown in Fig. \ref{fig:opendapwin}and downloading the resulting data in both ''ASCII'' and ''Binary'' formats.100 Currently, only the `OPeNDAP` access service is fully operative in the portal. Therefore, in this example, we will illustrate the use of this service, which allows selecting time/spatial data slices from the `OPeNDAP` data access form shown in figure and downloading the resulting data in both ''ASCII'' and ''Binary'' formats. 101 101 102 102 [[Image(openDAPwindow.png,align=center,width=320px,title=Detail of the OPeNDAP dataset access form for a particular dataset.)]] … … 117 117 118 118 1. To select a variable click on the checkbox to its left. 119 1. To constrain the variable, edit the information that appears in the text boxes below the variable. This is a vector of integers indicating index positions of length three, with the following order: \texttt{[start:stride:end]}.119 1. To constrain the variable, edit the information that appears in the text boxes below the variable. This is a vector of integers indicating index positions of length three, with the following order: `[start:stride:end]`. 120 120 1. To get ''ASCII'' or ''binary'' values for the selected variables, click on the ''Get ASCII'' or ''Get Binary'' buttons of the ''Action'' field. Note that the URL displayed in the ''Data URL'' field is updated as you select and/or constrain variables. The URL in this field can be cut and pasted in various `OPeNDAP` clients. 121 121 122 The main disadvantage of the `OPeNDAP` service from the end-user point of view is that the specifications for subsetting dimensions are not given in their original magnitudes (i.e., latitudes and longitudes are not given in decimal degrees), but by the indexes of their position along their respective axes (note that first index value is always 0). Thus, to find out the indexes for the desired selection, we need to dump and analyze the particular values defined in the coordinate variable. For instance, Fig.~\ref{fig:latlonDump}shows the 241 values defined for the `lat` (latitude) coordinate, as provided by the ''Get ASCII'' option (selecting the corresponding check-box).122 The main disadvantage of the `OPeNDAP` service from the end-user point of view is that the specifications for subsetting dimensions are not given in their original magnitudes (i.e., latitudes and longitudes are not given in decimal degrees), but by the indexes of their position along their respective axes (note that first index value is always 0). Thus, to find out the indexes for the desired selection, we need to dump and analyze the particular values defined in the coordinate variable. For instance, this figure shows the 241 values defined for the `lat` (latitude) coordinate, as provided by the ''Get ASCII'' option (selecting the corresponding check-box). 123 123 124 124 [[Image(latlonDump.png,align=center,width=320px,title=Text file displaying the values for the lat (latitude) coordinate variable.)]]