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>From: "Takaya Namba" <address@hidden> >Organization: FAI >Keywords: 200510081824.j98IOMKE011494 Catalog data Hello- >Institution: fai >Package Version: 1.2 >Operating System: os.name:Windows XP; os.arch:x86; os.version:5.1; >Hardware Information: java.vendor:Sun Microsystems Inc.; java.version:1.4.2_08 > ; java.home:C:\\Program Files\\IDV_1.2\\jre; >Inquiry: An error has occurred: >There was an error loading the data: >Failed to open http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/GODAE-FDS/LAS/NOAA-CIRES-CDC-NODC_W > orld_Ocean_Atlas_1998-1deg-annual/CDC_DS43-salt10502 Data object "http://ferr > et.pmel.noaa.gov/GODAE-FDS/LAS/NOAA-CIRES-CDC-NODC_World_Ocean_Atlas_1998-1de > g-annual/CDC_DS43-salt10502" not compatible with "VisADDataSource" data famil > y What catalog are you trying to access this from? It appears that the catalog does not identify the data as a grid (which is the only type of catalog data the IDV handles at present). If you set the Data Source Type to be "Grid files (netCDF/GRIB/OPeNDAP)", does it load in? >****************** >Stack trace: >ucar.unidata.data.BadDataException: Failed to open http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov > /GODAE-FDS/LAS/NOAA-CIRES-CDC-NODC_World_Ocean_Atlas_1998-1deg-annual/CDC_DS4 > 3-salt10502 Data object "http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/GODAE-FDS/LAS/NOAA-CIRES > -CDC-NODC_World_Ocean_Atlas_1998-1deg-annual/CDC_DS43-salt10502" not compatib > le with "VisADDataSource" data family > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:935) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDat > aViewer.java:1376) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataV > iewer.java:1315) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataVie > wer.java:1172) > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.handleAction(DefaultIdv.java:111) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataVie > wer.java:1119) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser.handleActionsInThread(XmlChooser > .java:546) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser$4.run(XmlChooser.java:526) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:778) > > > Don Murray NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly 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.