[IDV #PUJ-510012]: IDV - Failure to load DEM files

Hi Steve-

> I've managed to get the DEM file to my website afterall. Please select 
> timor-boug-test.dem at the bottom of the following page and use 'save target 
> as' .....
> 
> http://www.stevekaye.nadsl.net/all-data_sources.htm
> 
> Thanks again for looking into this. Regards, Steve

Thanks for the sample file.  This is a bug in the IDV's DEM reading code.
I'll try to get a fix in for the next release.

I'm cc'ing Stu Wier who supports the GEON-IDV for his information.

> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Kaye [mailto:address@hidden]
> Sent: 20 June 2006 17:56
> To: 'address@hidden'
> Subject: RE: [IDV #PUJ-510012]: IDV - Failure to load DEM files
> 
> Hello Don,
> Thanks for the response. I took a look at the PDF definition but can see no 
> obvious reason why the DEMs don't load (warning: my looking doesn't mean too 
> much).
> 
> So I did a little more checking/comparing - they load to Visit, Globalmapper, 
> Saga and Quantum GIS.
> 
> I've tried to load a demo file to my website but it is having difficulties 
> today. Can I send you an email with a Winzip file (size = 62KB) - original 
> DEM is 555Kb?
> 
> Thanks, Steve
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden]
> Sent: 20 June 2006 15:35
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [IDV #PUJ-510012]: IDV - Failure to load DEM files
> 
> Hi Steve-
> 
> > Institution: none
> > Package Version: 1.3b2
> > Operating System: os.name:Windows XP; os.arch:x86; os.version:5.1;
> > Hardware Information: java.vendor:Sun Microsystems Inc.; 
> > java.version:1.5.0_06; java.home:c:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre1.5.0_06; 
> > j3d.version:1.4.0_01 fcs+patch (build12); j3d.vendor:Sun Microsystems, 
> > Inc.; j3d.renderer:OpenGL;
> > Inquiry: An error has occurred:
> > Reading DEM: C:\personal\Indonesia Study\Banda region\Whole banda 
> > region\Earthquake\VisIt\bandarea-Rum-tomo-degreedepthv2.dem
> > Data object "C:\personal\Indonesia Study\Banda region\Whole banda 
> > region\Earthquake\VisIt\bandarea-Rum-tomo-degreedepthv2.dem" not compatible 
> > with "dem" data family
> >
> > Hello,
> > I have a number of USGS DEM files originally created in GlobalMapper that 
> > will not load into GEON IDV (Windows).
> >
> > I can load these files into VisIT and other apps so I'm assuming they do 
> > follow the USGS DEM format.
> >
> > Is GEON IDV expecting USGS DEM files or some other DEM type?
> 
> The IDV support the following USGS DEM format:
> 
> http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/nmpstds/acrodocs/dem/2DEM0198.PDF
> 
> > Any suggestions gratefully received - thanks.  Regards, Steve
> 
> Can you put a sample file out on a web/ftp server for me to
> take a look at?
> 
> 
> Don Murray
> >
> > ******************
> > Stack trace:
> > visad.data.BadFormException: Data object "C:\personal\Indonesia Study\Banda 
> > region\Whole banda 
> > region\Earthquake\VisIt\bandarea-Rum-tomo-degreedepthv2.dem" not compatible 
> > with "dem" data family
> > at visad.data.FunctionFormFamily.open(FunctionFormFamily.java:444)
> > at ucar.unidata.data.gis.DemDataSource.makeDemData(DemDataSource.java:208)
> > at ucar.unidata.data.gis.DemDataSource.getDataInner(DemDataSource.java:161)
> > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getData(DataSourceImpl.java:1402)
> > at ucar.unidata.data.DirectDataChoice.getData(DirectDataChoice.java:316)
> > at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:526)
> > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:216)
> > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:181)
> > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.init(GridDataInstance.java:176)
> > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:138)
> > at 
> > ucar.unidata.idv.control.GridDisplayControl.doMakeDataInstance(GridDisplayControl.java:216)
> > at 
> > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:2509)
> > at 
> > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:2491)
> > at 
> > ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:390)
> > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:307)
> > at 
> > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1048)
> > at 
> > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:838)
> > at 
> > ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:850)
> > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:779)
> > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:895)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> Ticket Details
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> Ticket ID: PUJ-510012
> Department: Support IDV
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Open
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: PUJ-510012
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open