[Qgis-user] QGIS cannot read .nc files on my Windows7 64 Bits

[Zirneklitis]

1. NetCDF support in GDAL is optional, and not compiled in by default.
2. NetCDF has changed (and improved) over its lifetime. That means the 
user must have some understanding of netCDF versions.


MattJack wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am a GDAL user since years, working with .nc files without problems.
> I'm using this version of FWTools : [GDAL 1.7.0b2, FWTools 2.4.7, released
> 2010/01/19]
> But recently I received a pack of new .nc files that cannot be read by GDAL
> on my PC.
>
> I uploaded an example of .nc file "not working" here, it is approx 6mb :
> www.yadusurf.com/loire.nc
>
> I discussed with the producer of these .nc files, they told me they could
> open it with GDAL but on a linux system, with this version [GDAL 1.7.3,
> released 2010/11/10]
>
> So I downloaded OSGeo4W, and tried to open with QGis, and it appears that
> QGIS cannot open it.
> Error is in French, approximate translation in english is "file is not in a
> supported format"
> I tried to open the .nc file with OSGeo4W, and gdalinfo says this to me :
> C:\>gdalinfo loire.nc
> ERROR 4: `loire.nc' not recognised as a supported file format.
> gdalinfo failed - unable to open 'loire.nc'.
>
> Where could this problem come from?
> ..