Re: [gdal-dev] discussion on xarray and the missing abstract-grid specification

2024-04-03 Thread Michael Sumner via gdal-dev
ah thanks Even, I understand that and it was the first example that Ryan acknowledged was a problem a while back - he'd seen the Float32 problem in GHRSST. Excellent to get your take and the details. I've written up a small description of how this affects GHRSST, and my still-undecided next step t

Re: [gdal-dev] discussion on xarray and the missing abstract-grid specification

2024-04-03 Thread Even Rouault via gdal-dev
Hi, Not that I've a strong opinion on what GeoZarr/XArray should do, but yes 1D coordinate arrays are a bit of a pain to deal with, when they actually just encode a regularly spaced grid. This is something I've hit in the bridge between the GDAL multidimensional API (roughly netCDF based) and