[IDV #QWZ-460082]: Text (ASCII) Point Data Format Fails

Steven,

You are right, this is our mistake. That bug was introduced recently (we just 
figured that out.)

Can you grab the nightly build tomorrow with the bug fix?

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/idv/nightly/index.jsp

-Julien

> Julien,
> 
> The file has nothing to do with altitude.
> The lat lon points mark the central axis of a lake effect band. Works
> with IDV 2.9 but not IDV2.9u2.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Steven Skubis
> 
> On 10/12/2010 16:42, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> > Hi Steven,
> >
> > That cryptic error message is indicating that the altitude field is missing 
> > from the CSV file.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > -Julien
> >
> >
> >> Full Name: Steven Skubis
> >> Email Address: address@hidden
> >> Organization: SUNY Oswego
> >> Package Version: 2.9u2 build date:2010-10-04 19:14 UTC
> >> Operating System: Windows XP
> >> Hardware: Java: home: H:\IDV_2.9u2\jre version: 1.6.0_20 j3d:1.5.2 fcs 
> >> (build4)
> >> Description of problem: There was an error loading the data:
> >> Error creating data source:file.pointtext with: 
> >> H:\20090116\4th\lonlat-50pctdBZwght.csv
> >> Making grid parameters
> >> Error making component array:visad.UnitException: Real: Unit "m" must be 
> >> convertable with Type default Unit "null"
> >>
> >> The Text (ASCII) Point Data Format data in file lonlat-50pctdBZwght.csv is 
> >> enclosed.
> >> This works in version 2.9 but not 2.9u2.
> >>
> >> ******************
> >> Stack trace:
> >> java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error making component 
> >> array:visad.UnitException: Real: Unit "m" must be convertable with Type 
> >> default Unit "null"
> >> at visad.DoubleTuple.getComponents(DoubleTuple.java:205)
> >> at visad.Tuple.getComponents(Tuple.java:220)
> >> at 
> >> ucar.unidata.data.point.TextPointDataSource.makePointObs(TextPointDataSource.java:2281)
> >> at 
> >> ucar.unidata.data.point.TextPointDataSource.makeObs(TextPointDataSource.java:652)
> >> at 
> >> ucar.unidata.data.point.TextPointDataSource.makeObs(TextPointDataSource.java:479)
> >> at 
> >> ucar.unidata.data.point.TextPointDataSource.getSample(TextPointDataSource.java:2515)
> >> at 
> >> ucar.unidata.data.point.PointDataSource.doMakeDataChoices(PointDataSource.java:932)
> >> at 
> >> ucar.unidata.data.point.TextPointDataSource.doMakeDataChoices(TextPointDataSource.java:2523)
> >> at 
> >> ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getDataChoices(DataSourceImpl.java:1844)
> >> at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1561)
> >> 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.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1822)
> >> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:943)
> >> at 
> >> ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFilesInner(FileChooser.java:656)
> >> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFiles(FileChooser.java:525)
> >> at 
> >> ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.doLoadInThread(FileChooser.java:547)
> >> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> >> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> >> at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> >> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> >> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1062)
> >> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1090)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: QWZ-460082
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> >
> 
> 
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Dr. Steven Skubis
> Department of Earth Sciences
> Oswego State University of New York     Phone: 315.312.2799
> Hewitt Union                            Fax:   315.312.3059
> Oswego, NY 13126-3599                   Email: address@hidden
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: QWZ-460082
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open