Thursday, August 23, 2012

OPeNDAP: The utter n00b's guide to data extraction from an OPeNDAP server.

'cause everyone is a n00b at some point.

PDF guide here: utter n00b's guide to OPeNDAP

Note: this guide makes the (potentially) egregious assumption that you know nothing of OPeNDAP, you need to get data out, and all you got is your browser, MS Excel, some kind of text editor (Notepad will do), and an internet connection. No specialized software, no programming background, nothing. Just desperation.

It's slightly longer than the OPeNDAP quick start guide, but with less text and more graphics. Hopefully it will explain things better, especially if you're new to this.

The last part might work with Open Office as well, but I haven't tried.