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[IDV #HBE-422281]: IDV - could not open DEM file

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  • Subject: [IDV #HBE-422281]: IDV - could not open DEM file
  • Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:23:19 -0600
Hi-

> Institution: siat
> Package Version: 2.2 build date:2007-05-14 07:04 UTC
> Operating System: Windows XP
> Hardware Information: Java: home: D:\\Program Files\\IDV_2.2\\jre version: 
> 1.5.0_11 j3d:1.3.2 fcs (build12)
> Inquiry: An error has occurred:
> Reading DEM: E:\data\dem\E060N40.DEM
> Data object "E:\data\dem\E060N40.DEM" not compatible with "dem" data family

What is the format of this DEM data.  Currently, we only support
ArcInfo ASCII ArcGrid and USGS ASCII DEM formats.

Don Murray

> ******************
> Stack trace:
> visad.data.BadFormException: Data object "E:\data\dem\E060N40.DEM" not 
> compatible with "dem" data family
> at visad.data.FunctionFormFamily.open(FunctionFormFamily.java:444)
> at ucar.unidata.data.gis.DemDataSource.makeDemData(DemDataSource.java:211)
> at ucar.unidata.data.gis.DemDataSource.getDataInner(DemDataSource.java:163)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getData(DataSourceImpl.java:1547)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DirectDataChoice.getData(DirectDataChoice.java:319)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:550)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:239)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:203)
> at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.init(GridDataInstance.java:204)
> at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:161)
> at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:142)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.doMakeDataInstance(PlanViewControl.java:1061)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:2746)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:2728)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:415)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.ContourPlanViewControl.setData(ContourPlanViewControl.java:115)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:321)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1175)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:928)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:948)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:875)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:947)
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: HBE-422281
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open