{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pygeode/pygeode/issues/68","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pygeode/pygeode/issues/68/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pygeode/pygeode/issues/68/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pygeode/pygeode/issues/68/events","html_url":"https://github.com/pygeode/pygeode/issues/68","id":63253904,"number":68,"title":"Station axis","user":{"login":"neishm","id":1554921,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1554921?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm","html_url":"https://github.com/neishm","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":{"login":"neishm","id":1554921,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1554921?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm","html_url":"https://github.com/neishm","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neishm/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-03-20T15:57:14Z","updated_at":"2015-09-24T21:42:37Z","closed_at":"2015-09-24T21:42:37Z","body":"Original [issue 68](https://code.google.com/p/pygeode/issues/detail?id=68) created by neishm on 2015-02-05T19:48:52.000Z:\n\nWould be nice to have a &quot;station&quot; axis, for handling ground-based observation data.  The axis values would be the station names, and the auxarrays could contain the associated lat/lon/height for that location.\r\n\r\nExample:\r\n\r\n&gt;&gt;&gt; print mydata\r\n&lt;Dataset&gt;:\r\nVars:\r\n  CH4      (time,station)  (223410,12)\r\n  CO2      (time,station)  (223410,12)\r\nAxes:\r\n  time &lt;StandardTime&gt;:  Jan 1, 1988 01:00:00 to Jun 26, 2013 18:00:00 (223410 values)\r\n  station &lt;Station&gt;:  Alert  to Toronto  (12 values)\r\nGlobal Attributes:\r\n  {}\r\n\r\n&gt;&gt;&gt; print mydata.station.values\r\n['Alert' 'Bratts_Lake' 'Candle_Lake' 'Chibougamau' 'East_Trout_Lake'\r\n 'Egbert' 'Estevan_Point' 'Esther' 'Fraserdale' 'Lac_Labiche'\r\n 'Sable_Island' 'Toronto']\r\n\r\n&gt;&gt;&gt; print mydata.station.lat\r\n[ 82.45    51.2     53.9833  49.6833  54.35    44.2167  49.5833  51.6825\r\n  49.8833  54.95    43.9333  43.7833]\r\n\r\n&gt;&gt;&gt; print mydata.station.lon\r\n[ -62.5167 -104.7    -105.1167  -74.3333 -104.9833  -79.7833 -126.8667\r\n -110.2603  -81.5667 -112.45    -60.0167  -79.4667]\r\n\r\n&gt;&gt;&gt; print mydata(station='Toronto')\r\n&lt;Dataset&gt;:\r\nVars:\r\n  CH4      (time,station)  (223410,1)\r\n  CO2      (time,station)  (223410,1)\r\nAxes:\r\n  time &lt;StandardTime&gt;:  Jan 1, 1988 01:00:00 to Jun 26, 2013 18:00:00 (223410 values)\r\n  station &lt;Station&gt;:  Toronto \r\nGlobal Attributes:\r\n  {}\r\n\r\n"}}