Hi Roland,
Looking again ...
Roland Schweitzer wrote:
I create an aggregation with these files and include the following 
in a <metadata> element.
<geospatialCoverage>
                                                <northsouth>
                                                        
<start>-90</start>
                                                        <size>73</size>
                                                        
<resolution>2.5</resolution>
                                                        
<units>degrees_north</units>
                                                </northsouth>
                                                <eastwest>
                                                        
<start>0</start>
                                                        
<size>144</size>
                                                        
<resolution>2.5</resolution>
                                                        
<units>degrees_east</units>
                                                </eastwest>
 </geospatialCoverage>
When I look at the HTML of the THREDDS catalog using TDS 
(Implementation-Version: 3.16.32) I get this:
      GeospatialCoverage:
    * / Longitude: / 0.0 to 144.0 Resolution=2.5 degrees_east
    * / Latitude: / -90.0 to -17.0 Resolution=2.5 degrees_north
Have I misinterpreted the documentation, is this a bug in TDS, or what?
... I think it is a misinterpretation of the documentation.
The range is defined using the start and size (extent) of the range, so 
the range is [start, start+size]. The range is then output using the 
start and end values of the range: [start, end]. So, a start of -90 and 
size of 73 result in [-90, -17].
This one is pretty easy to get tripped up on as start/end seems more 
natural, certainly for me anyway. Let me know if we could clarify our 
documentation somewhere.
Hope this helps,
Ethan
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