We're working to expand our support for multidimensional files—such as NetCDF—since our users predominantly work with these file types. So far, our support has focused on analysis rather than displaying the data. We want to include rasters extracted from our analysis on the map so that they be visually overlayed with graphics/features for further analysis.
As part of our testing, we’re exploring different methods of building rasters that the Maps SDK will recognize and support. We've had some success using GDAL to generate GeoTIFFs and applying raster functions for symbolization. Given that the RasterLayer class implements ITimeAware, it suggests that the Maps SDK supports time-aware rasters. All of our NetCDFs include time, so it would be nice to be able to include that info directly on the rasters for use with our time slider.
However, despite embedding time information into the TIFF metadata (using various keys like custom tags and even standard ones such as DATE_TIME), the time-related properties on the RasterLayer do not appear to be populated.
Could someone share insights on how the Maps SDK expects time information to be provided in a raster? Specifically, what is the recommended method or metadata format to embed time values into a TIFF so that it is recognized by the SDK?
Thanks in advance for your help.
