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Hi Andy- > Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > Package Version: 2.0 > 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\\IDV_2.0\\jre; > j3d.version:1.3.2 fcs (build12); j3d.vendor:Sun Microsystems, Inc.; > j3d.renderer:OpenGL; > Inquiry: It get this error when I select Blue Marble as my background. > > An error has occurred: > There was an error accessing the image with the url: > The NASA WMS server seems to be hammered. I've been getting this message off and on. It occurs when the server is not accepting connections. We'll see if we can provide a better message for the next release. Until then, it's a hit and miss situation trying to get the image from that server. Don Murray > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.IllegalStateException > at ucar.unidata.data.gis.WmsDataSource.getDataInner(WmsDataSource.java:364) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getData(DataSourceImpl.java:1423) > 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:870) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.WMSControl.loadImage(WMSControl.java:818) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.WMSControl.access$200(WMSControl.java:116) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.WMSControl$2.run(WMSControl.java:800) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:924) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: MOQ-409786 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open