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Hello- The image you are loading is too big. You could try increasing the amount of memory used by the IDV. See other performance tuning tips at: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/IDV/docs/userguide/misc/PerformanceTuning.html Don Murray > Full Name: Evelyn > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: IMN Costa Rica > Package Version: 2.8u1 build date:2010-02-02 22:30 UTC > Operating System: Windows XP > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Archivos de programa\IDV_2.8u1\jre version: 1.6.0_17 > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: Creating display: Image Display > Java heap space > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space > at edu.wisc.ssec.mcidas.AreaFile.getData(AreaFile.java:871) > at edu.wisc.ssec.mcidas.AreaFile.getFloatData(AreaFile.java:948) > at visad.data.mcidas.AreaAdapter.buildFlatField(AreaAdapter.java:563) > at visad.data.mcidas.AreaAdapter.<init>(AreaAdapter.java:378) > at visad.data.mcidas.AreaAdapter.<init>(AreaAdapter.java:102) > at > ucar.unidata.data.imagery.ImageDataSource.makeImage(ImageDataSource.java:1164) > at > ucar.unidata.data.imagery.ImageDataSource.makeImageSequence(ImageDataSource.java:1344) > at > ucar.unidata.data.imagery.ImageDataSource.getDataInner(ImageDataSource.java:949) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getData(DataSourceImpl.java:2235) > at ucar.unidata.data.DirectDataChoice.getData(DirectDataChoice.java:332) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:637) > 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:202) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:159) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:140) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.doMakeDataInstance(PlanViewControl.java:1306) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:3040) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:3022) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:577) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.ImagePlanViewControl.setData(ImagePlanViewControl.java:120) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:434) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1302) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1003) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:987) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:912) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1096) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: JGS-788709 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed