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>From: "Steve Aulenbach" <address@hidden> >Organization: NCAR >Keywords: 200511171931.jAHJV7h7020592 WMS server errors Hi Steve- >Institution: NCAR >Package Version: 1.3a3 >Operating System: os.name:Mac OS X; os.arch:ppc; os.version:10.3.9; >Hardware Information: java.vendor:Apple Computer, Inc.; java.version:1.4.2_09; > java.home:/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4.2/Home; j > 3d.version:1.3.1; j3d.vendor:Apple Computer, Inc.; j3d.renderer:OpenGL; >Inquiry: An error has occurred: >There was an error accessing the image with the url: >http://wms.jpl.nasa.gov/wms.cgi?&version=1.1.1&request=GetMap&Styles=&format=i > mage/jpeg&SRS=EPSG:4326&Layers=us_landsat_wgs84&BBOX=-66.0,33.0,-66.0,47.0&wi > dth=802&height=2000 >Not an image > >I'm not sure why this is happening today. Strong possibility it is on their se > rver. Have been able to do this previously but not with this sequence of disp > ays. Shall try to reproduce the problem after shutting down and flushing Web > Start. The problem is that an error is being returned from their server, but we weren't catching it before trying to make an image out of it. We put in a fix and it will be in the 1.3b1 release. This is the same issue as your other reports. >****************** >Stack trace: >java.io.IOException: Not an image > at visad.util.DataUtility.makeField(DataUtility.java:175) > at ucar.unidata.data.gis.WmsDataSource.getDataInner(WmsDataSource.java: > 327) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getData(DataSourceImpl.java:1285) > at ucar.unidata.data.DirectDataChoice.getData(DirectDataChoice.java:316 > ) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:526) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.WMSControl.readImageData(WMSControl.java:83 > 7) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.WMSControl.loadImage(WMSControl.java:783) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.WMSControl.access$200(WMSControl.java:106) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.WMSControl$2.run(WMSControl.java:765) > 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.