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Jim- > Full Name: Jim Steenburgh > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: University of Utah > Package Version: 2.9a1 build date:2010-05-03 07:07 UTC > Operating System: Mac OS X > Hardware: Java: home: > /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home version: > 1.6.0_15 j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: Don and friends: > > When you get tired of me sending you these bug-bundles, let me know. You've got one more week. ;-) > In this instance I have a gempak file I'm reading via URL. I'm able to plot > several fields, but others, that do plot with gempak programs, do not. I get > the error below. An example is relative humidity at a pressure surface. Which fields do plot? Do any 3D fields plot? > This can be viewed as a low priority item. In general, accessing grib, GEMPAK and (to a lesser degree) netCDF via http will be slow and your results may vary. You would be better off setting up a RAMADDA server to host these and use the OPeNDAP access built in to it. Don > Couldn't get data > java.io.IOException > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.io.IOException > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GeoGrid.readDataSlice(GeoGrid.java:616) > at ucar.visad.data.GeoGridFlatField.readData(GeoGridFlatField.java:244) > at visad.data.CachedFlatField.getMyValues(CachedFlatField.java:461) > at visad.data.CachedFlatField.unpackFloats(CachedFlatField.java:600) > at visad.data.CachedFlatField.getRanges(CachedFlatField.java:367) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.readTimeStep(GeoGridAdapter.java:1478) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.access$100(GeoGridAdapter.java:127) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter$1.run(GeoGridAdapter.java:1383) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:273) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:245) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:212) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.makeSequence(GeoGridAdapter.java:1400) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.getSequence(GeoGridAdapter.java:1090) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.makeFieldImpl(GeoGridDataSource.java:1796) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataInner(GeoGridDataSource.java:1303) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getData(DataSourceImpl.java:2236) > 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:200) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:157) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:138) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.doMakeDataInstance(PlanViewControl.java:1358) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:3062) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:3044) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:586) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.ContourPlanViewControl.setData(ContourPlanViewControl.java:214) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:437) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1324) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1025) > 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:1089) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: MUF-683279 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open