[CF-metadata] Scale and offset in coordinate variables

[John Caron]

Maarten Plieger wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I was wondering whether it is allowed to use scale and offset 
> attributes in coordinate variables? Or is this feature only to be used 
> with normal variables?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Maarten Plieger
>
Netcdf-Java library does recognize scale/offset on coordinate variables, 
but if you are the data writer, better to follow the CF conventions more 
strictly if you can, as Jonathon points out.