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David, Looks like your datatype.tbl entries are off. Column position is important. Make sure your entries argree with: !FILE TYPE |PATH |FILE TEMPLATE |CATEGORY|SUBCAT |#FRM|RANGE |INTRVL !(12) |(25) |(25) |(8) |(8) |(4) |(6) |(6) In particular, your $GEMDATA/surface entry for METAR appears to be in the wrong column, and your CAT_SFC etc appear to be shifted left from the reguired format. (eventually you'll probably want to bite the bullet and make the files names Y2K compliant). Steve Chiswell >From: David Fitzgerald <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200209131841.g8DIfJ126682 >Hi Guys, > >This is probably an easy one but I can't >get things to work, even after reading the >support files. > >I'm trying to get my data to display in nmap2. >Satellite and radar are ok, but I can't get surface >and upperair to display at all. > >Surface and upperair files are in $GEMDATA/surface and >$GEMDATA/upperair respectively. > >ls'ing these directories gives: > >% ls $GEMDATA/surface >020907_sao.gem 020909_syn.gem 020911_sb.gem 020913_sao.gem >020908_sao.gem 020910_sao.gem 020911_syn.gem 020913_sb.gem >020908_syn.gem 020910_sb.gem 020912_sao.gem 020913_syn.gem >020909_sao.gem 020910_syn.gem 020912_sb.gem >020909_sb.gem 020911_sao.gem 020912_syn.gem > >% ls $GEMDATA/upperair >020909_upa.gem 020911_upa.gem 020913_upa.gem >020910_upa.gem 020912_upa.gem > >My $GEMTBL/config/datatype.tbl file entries for surface and upperair are: > >METAR $GEMDATA/surface YYMMDD_sao.gem CAT_SFC SCAT_S > HP > 10 2880 60 >SYNOP $GEMDATA/syn YYMMDD_syn.gem CAT_SFC SCAT_S > FC > 8 2880 180 >SHIP $GEMDATA/ship YYMMDDHH_sb.gem CAT_SFC SCAT_S > HP > 10 2880 60 >UAIR $GEMDATA/upperair YYMMDD_upa.gem CAT_SND SCAT_S > ND > 4 2880 180 > >When I run nmap2 (via NTL), pick SURF_OBS/METAR , I get a long list of differe > nt >options. Picking ANY of them results in no data being displayed. > >Any idea what I missed? > >BTW the same data displays just fine in GARP. > >Also I'm running nawips5.6f. > >Dave > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >David Fitzgerald >System Administrator >Millersville University >Millersville, PA 17551 >Phone: (717) 871-2394 >Fax: (717) 872-4725 >E-mail: address@hidden >