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Hi- > Institution: INMET > Package Version: 2.1 > Operating System: Windows XP > Hardware Information: Java: home: C:\\Arquivos de programas\\IDV_2.1\\jre > version: 1.5.0_06 j3d:1.3.2 fcs (build12) > 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=image/png&SRS=EPSG:4326&Layers=modis&BBOX=-131.0,-68.0,31.0,57.0&width=300&height=600 > Not an image This problem is usually due to the server being overloaded. I'm working on providing a better error message. You can try reloading the data from the display control a little later to see if that works. Don Murray > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.io.IOException: Not an image > at visad.util.DataUtility.makeField(DataUtility.java:192) > at visad.util.DataUtility.makeField(DataUtility.java:164) > at ucar.unidata.data.gis.WmsDataSource.getDataInner(WmsDataSource.java:375) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getData(DataSourceImpl.java:1510) > at ucar.unidata.data.DirectDataChoice.getData(DirectDataChoice.java:319) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:550) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.WMSControl.readImageData(WMSControl.java:885) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.WMSControl.loadImage(WMSControl.java:808) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.WMSControl.access$200(WMSControl.java:113) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.WMSControl$2.run(WMSControl.java:790) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:931) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: GTM-761994 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open