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>From: Karthik Samudram Jayaraman <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200405221558.i4MFwftK027035 Hi Karthik- >We have got the data we needed and we also have gribtonc working. >Thanx to the support team. You are welcome. >Well, I have another question. We get satellite data from ssec.edu ( >with file extension .area. But these images, when opened in IDV are >displayed as OMNI display. We are not able to make animations using >these images. Should we change the request that we make to SSEC to >get data in the format using which we can overlay images, animate .. >in IDV? From the File chooser, set the Data Source Type to be McIDAS AREA Files before selecting and opening the files. Then you should get the usual display types. Don Murray NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publically available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.