[IDV #KBZ-495057]: IDV - text point data error

Hi Alan,


> I dwonloaded a text point data file for wind  from the NEAR-GOOS database
> ftp://ftp1.jodc.go.jp/www/lunar.comet.ucar.edu/2006_03.wind.txt,
> which I then saved locally (see attached).
> In the data chooser, I selected text point data as the file type. So far, so 
> good.
> When the go to create the display, I asign properties to the various 
> parameters
> (see the attached screenshot).
> When I click OK to create the display, I get the NullPointerException.
> 

The problem is that we don't handle dates that are in multiple columns through 
the gui.
However, we can handle them in the data if we use the "colspan" attribute. So, 
if you
put the following 2 lines at the beginning of the file the IDV can read the 
data:

(index) ->(Latitude, Longitude, Time, WDIR, WSPD, SIGN(Text))
skip[], Latitude[unit="deg"],skip[], Longitude[unit="deg"],skip[], Time[fmt="dd 
MM yyyy HH mm" colspan="5"], WDIR[unit="deg" miss="MM"], WSPD[unit="m/s" 
miss="MM"], skip[],SIGN(Text),skip[],skip[]

We'll be adding the colspan ability into the gui.


-Jeff


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: KBZ-495057
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed