How to identify HDF-EOS files as OPeNDAP Grids in IDV 2.8

[hyoklee]

I tried the new IDV 2.8 release and found out that it's not detecting OPeNDAP Grids automatically when I use I'm Feeling Lucky in Data Source Type.
It prompted the Adde Text instead. I haven't seen this problem in
the previous versions (2.5, 2.6 and 2.7) of IDV.

To verify it, please try the following OPeNDAP Grid with your IDV 2.8:

http://acdisc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/open...106t053032.he5

You need to select OPeNDAP Grids explicitly from the drop-down selection box.

Thanks to Jeff McWhirter at Unidata, I could solve this annoyance and I'd like to share it with you. The attached zipped XML file is a plugin that you can install (copy to ~/.unidata/idv/DefaultIdv/plugins or install it with the Plugins Manager under the Tools menu). If you download it and unzip it, you'll see hdfdatasource.xml file. This XML file just defines a new type - HDF-EOS5 data source, that just has the pattern: "HDF-EOS". Now, when you enter the above url with the plugin installed it will pick up on the pattern and create the right kind of data source automatically.