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Hi Colin. I am a bit confused as to how you arrived at this error. When I open the bundle, I see the error you see. However, when I simply try to get metar data from the IDV (not via your bundle), I do not see the error. What are the step to replicate this error? Thanks. -Julien > Full Name: Colin Ballou > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: SFSU > Package Version: 2.9u2 build date:2010-10-04 19:14 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:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: making shapes > java.lang.NullPointerException > > I don't know why but the IDV cannot seem to read and gather METAR data > anymore. > Don't know if it is a server error or my own > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > ucar.visad.display.StationModelDisplayable.makeShapes(StationModelDisplayable.java:1117) > at > ucar.visad.display.StationModelDisplayable.makeShapesFromPointObsField(StationModelDisplayable.java:913) > at > ucar.visad.display.StationModelDisplayable.makeNewDataWithShapes(StationModelDisplayable.java:696) > at > ucar.visad.display.StationModelDisplayable.setStationData(StationModelDisplayable.java:440) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.StationModelControl.loadData(StationModelControl.java:1704) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.StationModelControl$DataLoader.run(StationModelControl.java:3745) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1090) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: PQB-249590 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed