[IDV #NIB-631217]: IDV questions

Hi Brian,

> 
> We're busy preparing for the AMS mountain met conference next month, and
> consequently some questions regarding IDV have come up. Some of these
> solutions are probably simple, but we haven't found them yet.
> 
> 1. In attempting to print to a postscript file (using the print option
> under the display menu), the output is cropped to the selected paper size.
> Is there a way to scale the display to fit the page?
> 
To be honest I didn't know you could save to a ps file. 
You are probably better off capturing the display as an
image (.e.g, png) and then bringing it into word, etc.,
for final formatting.


> 2. Can the installed location databases be edited? For example, in the
> T-REX plugin the DRI network does not include elevations, which makes it
> difficult to display on 3-D topography. If editing is not an option, is
> there a way to create a new locations database?
> 
Yes, you can edit it. I am attaching the dri xml file. Just add a
elev="elevation in meters" to each entry. Mail this back to
me and I will rebuild the jar file if you want.  If you have a java
jdk installed you can do:
jar -xvf trex.jar
look for the dri.xml file in:
ucar/unidata/apps/trex/data/sensors/dri.xml
edit it. then create the new plugin:
jar -cvf trex.jar ucar

 
> 3. Our firewall here is blocking access to remote servers. Is there any
> comments or advice I should give when I talk to the network
> administrators?
> 
It depend on what data servers you are accessing. At start up the IDV
fetches a resource xml file from our web server (port 80).
The Thredds data server usually is on  port 8080. The ADDE servers
are accessed via  port 112.

> 4. Finally, when I display too many datasets (topography, flight tracks,
> and aircraft locations in a map and transect), the program will eventually
> freeze and I get a error message such as the one attached. The memory
> display indicates that I am under the maximum, so I'm not sure what the
> problem would be.
> 

That's a bad error. The JVM core dumped. I get that occasionally on my Linux 
box.
Unfortunately I don't have any solutions to offer. 

-Jeff


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: NIB-631217
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed

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