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[IDV #FBN-326903]: data source format

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  • Subject: [IDV #FBN-326903]: data source format
  • Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:32:48 -0600
> Hi,
> 
> Maybe you can help me out. I'm trying to display surface observation
> data in IDV but the data source is in GML format. I was looking
> at the datasource.xml file but didn't see anything that mentioned
> xml format.
> 
> Does IDV has support for GML/XML formatted files for displaying?
> 
> If not, what would be the easiest approach? Should I somehow convert
> the gml/xml file to a CSV formatted file and then use FILE.POINTTEXT?
> 
> Any help is much appreciated, thanks again.
> 
Sung,

The IDV have a chooser for the location file in XML format, but not for the 
surface obs, you can covert to a CSV file, and work on it.


Yuan

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: FBN-326903
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed