private LatLonRect getBoundingBox(List stnList) {
    ucar.unidata.geoloc.Station s = (ucar.unidata.geoloc.Station) stnList.get(0);
    LatLonPointImpl llpt = new LatLonPointImpl();
    llpt.set(s.getLatitude(), s.getLongitude());
    LatLonRect rect = new LatLonRect(llpt, .001, .001);

    for (int i = 1; i < stnList.size(); i++) {
      s = (ucar.unidata.geoloc.Station) stnList.get(i);
      llpt.set(s.getLatitude(), s.getLongitude());
      rect.extend(llpt);
    }

    return rect;
  }
  private void writeStationData(List<ucar.unidata.geoloc.Station> stnList) throws IOException {
    this.stnList = stnList;
    int nstns = stnList.size();
    stationMap = new HashMap<String, StationTracker>(2 * nstns);
    if (debug) System.out.println("stationMap created");

    // now write the station data
    ArrayDouble.D1 latArray = new ArrayDouble.D1(nstns);
    ArrayDouble.D1 lonArray = new ArrayDouble.D1(nstns);
    ArrayDouble.D1 altArray = new ArrayDouble.D1(nstns);
    ArrayObject.D1 idArray = new ArrayObject.D1(String.class, nstns);
    ArrayObject.D1 descArray = new ArrayObject.D1(String.class, nstns);
    ArrayObject.D1 wmoArray = new ArrayObject.D1(String.class, nstns);

    for (int i = 0; i < stnList.size(); i++) {
      ucar.unidata.geoloc.Station stn = stnList.get(i);
      stationMap.put(stn.getName(), new StationTracker(i));

      latArray.set(i, stn.getLatitude());
      lonArray.set(i, stn.getLongitude());
      if (useAlt) altArray.set(i, stn.getAltitude());

      idArray.set(i, stn.getName());
      descArray.set(i, stn.getDescription());
      if (useWmoId) wmoArray.set(i, stn.getWmoId());
    }

    try {
      ncfile.write(latName, latArray);
      ncfile.write(lonName, lonArray);
      if (useAlt) ncfile.write(altName, altArray);
      ncfile.writeStringData(idName, idArray);
      ncfile.writeStringData(descName, descArray);
      if (useWmoId) ncfile.writeStringData(wmoName, wmoArray);

    } catch (InvalidRangeException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
      throw new IllegalStateException(e);
    }
  }