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> Full Name: renato david ghisolfi > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: universidade federal do espirito santo > Package Version: 2.9u1 build date:2010-09-02 19:36 UTC > Operating System: Mac OS X > Hardware: Java: home: > /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home version: > 1.6.0_20 j3d:1.3.1 > Description of problem: > > There was an error loading the data: > > Error creating data source:dods with: > file:/users/gringo/downloads/2003.dods.download/2003.dods > Unable to open grid: > file:/users/gringo/downloads/2003.dods.download/2003.dods > Hi Renato, The file you were trying to load to the IDV is a local OPeNDAP binary file, it is not workable in the IDV, you can run the IDV to access the OPeNDAP remote server directly, and enter the URL to the URLs entries with the Data Source Type as Grid file. Let me know if you need more help. Yuan > > ****************** > Stack trace: > ucar.unidata.data.BadDataException: Error creating data source:dods with: > file:/users/gringo/downloads/2003.dods.download/2003.dods > Unable to open grid: > file:/users/gringo/downloads/2003.dods.download/2003.dods > > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1601) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1998) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1915) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1849) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1691) > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.handleAction(DefaultIdv.java:114) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1623) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.TextDisplayControl$10.run(TextDisplayControl.java:1408) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1090) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: QQI-577675 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed