[IDV #YVT-139096]: Text Point Data and Radar Images

Hi Greg-

> OK it looks like I need to get year,month,day into the file ... Just using 
> time does not work ..

Yes, the times need to be overlapping so they can match up.  Let me know
if you need more help with this.

Don
 
> Thanks ..
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 5:06 PM
> To: Salottolo Greg
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> Subject: [IDV #YVT-139096]: Text Point Data and Radar Images
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> 
> Hi Greg-
> 
> > I have set up a Text Point data file with time, alt, lat, lon. This is 
> > loaded into IDV. I select individual times and animate it. It shows the 
> > track of the aircraft on the map. I would also like to synchronize the loop 
> > of  weather radar images with the track times so the airplane is flying 
> > through the PPI images with the images changing at the appropriate time. Is 
> > there any way to do this?
> 
> That doesn't just work? ;-)
> 
> I guess I'm not understanding what you want.  If you load in
> the text point data as a plot, you should get a timestep for each
> data point.  If you then add in the radar images, their times will
> be added to the animation time steps.  You can remove those by
> unchecking the View->Use Times in Animation checkbox in the radar
> display control's menu.  If you turn on animation, you should
> show the plane position moving and the image at the closest
> time should also be shown.  Is that not what you want?
> 
> > Thanks for the assistance ...
> 
> Don
> 
> Ticket Details
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> Ticket ID: YVT-139096
> Department: Support IDV
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Open
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: YVT-139096
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed