Re: ncl_convert2nc with ESRI shapefiles?

From: Adam Phillips <asphilli_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Tue Nov 16 2010 - 14:01:59 MST

Hi Erica,
What ncl version are you running? (type "ncl -V") According to the
ncl_convert2nc documentation:
http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Tools/ncl_convert2nc.shtml
shapefile support started in 5.1.1, but was not available on all
systems.. Adam

On 11/16/2010 01:10 PM, Erica Bickford wrote:
> HI There,
>
> I'm attempting to use ncl_convert2nc to convert some ESRI shapefiles (.shp) to netcdfs, however I get the following error saying .shp is not supported:
>
> fatal:An internal error has occurred. The file format requested does not appear to be supported, could not open (./FAF_2005_Jan_day_upmw_diesel.shp)
> fatal:_NclIGetFileVarNames: file does not exist
> fatal:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 227 in file /tmp/tmp85899.ncl
>
> Yet, from what I can glean from the ncl_talk archives and release notes, shapefiles should be supported as of version 5.2.0--which is the version I'm using.
>
> Does anyone have an explanation or solution for this? Is there a way to convert a .shp to .grb for use with ncl_convert2nc?
>
> I've already been through this with ArcGIS--which *should* convert tables to netcdf, but doesn't work in practice.... I've read that gdal is a good/the only way to convert between these file types, but it'd be great not to have to install and learn another software package....
>
> Thanks,
>
> Erica
> UW-Madison
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