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Thanks Jim, Yes, new to Unidata. Coincidentally, I worked on a Dugway Army meteorology project here at NCAR a while back so your image was a bit of a blast from the past. I know all about those "SAMS" surface stations west of SLC. Let us know how it goes with the new iMac. -Julien > Julien: > > You must be the new Unidata hire. Welcome aboard. It's great that > you've contacted me on this issue. > > Yes, I loaded this bundle a couple of days ago and it was still > streaking. If I remember correctly, the problem was unique to the Mac. > I haven't done and IDV update in a few weeks, but suspect nothing has > been done to correct it. Every once in a while when I load the bundle > it works correctly, but that's about a 10% chance. > > I just bought a new, more powerful iMac desktop and am in the > process of migrating to it now. I'll be working alot with IDV the next > couple of days in preparation for the start of classes. If you make any > progress, let me know. > > Jim > > Unidata IDV Support wrote: > > Hi, All > > > > To revive this old thread... > > > > Jim, I am wondering if you have seen this problem lately? > > > > I loaded the attached IDV bundle, but did not notice streaking in the radar > > images on my Mac. (I realize all things are not equal here since I am > > looking at current data.) > > > > Many Thanks, > > > > -Julien > > > > > > > >> Don: > >> > >> No worries. Let me know what you find. > >> > >> Jim > >> > >> Unidata IDV Support wrote: > >> > >>> Hi 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: I've noticed that the radar images in this > >>>> bundle are frequently streaky. The problem seems somewhat intermittent. > >>>> I've attached an image in case it doesn't reproduce on your end. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> We're thinking it may be a Mac problem since Yuan and I can't reproduce > >>> it on our (Windows) systems. Jeff is seeing something similar on his > >>> Mac. We've got another idea that we're going to look into, but that will > >>> take a couple of days. > >>> > >>> Don > >>> > >>> Ticket Details > >>> =================== > >>> Ticket ID: GLN-441793 > >>> Department: Support IDV > >>> Priority: Normal > >>> Status: Open > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: GLN-441793 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Critical > > Status: Open > > > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: GLN-441793 Department: Support IDV Priority: Critical Status: Open