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[IDV #WJN-602868]: Error when displaying text point data from SPC storm reports

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  • Subject: [IDV #WJN-602868]: Error when displaying text point data from SPC storm reports
  • Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:08:07 -0600
> Full Name: Eddie Dixon
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: Plymouth State University
> Package Version: 3.0 build date:2011-08-29 16:38 UTC
> Operating System: Windows Vista
> Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_3.0\jre version: 1.6.0_20 
> j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4)
> Description of problem:
> 
> loading data
> 0
> 
> java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.point.PointObFactory.makeTimeSequenceOfPointObs(PointObFactory.java:389)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.point.PointObFactory.makeTimeSequenceOfPointObs(PointObFactory.java:309)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.point.PointObFactory.makeTimeSequenceOfPointObs(PointObFactory.java:284)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.point.PointDataInstance.getTimeSequence(PointDataInstance.java:114)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.point.PointDataInstance.getTimeSequence(PointDataInstance.java:137)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.StationModelControl.loadData(StationModelControl.java:1633)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.StationModelControl$2.run(StationModelControl.java:1569)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1091)
> 
> 
> The preceeding error is given to me. I am attempting to view SPC tornado
> report locations in IDV, as I want to create an animation of the progress
> of a tornado outbreak. I used the Text Point Metadata GUI to load Time,
> Lat, and Long into IDV, which ingested the data successfully. The problem
> is when I attempt to display the data on the map. The following error
> is given.
> 
> I had to manually edit the SPC's CSV file to add dates and format time
> so that it could be read into IDV. A copy of that datafile is attached.


I believe when you load the dataset, you select the time unit to be "MM/dd/yy 
HH:mm z" and get the exception later. To fix the problem, you should modify the 
unit to be "MM/dd/yy HH:mm". It works after this change.


Yuan 
> 
> ******************
> Stack trace:
> java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.point.PointObFactory.makeTimeSequenceOfPointObs(PointObFactory.java:389)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.point.PointObFactory.makeTimeSequenceOfPointObs(PointObFactory.java:309)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.point.PointObFactory.makeTimeSequenceOfPointObs(PointObFactory.java:284)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.point.PointDataInstance.getTimeSequence(PointDataInstance.java:114)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.point.PointDataInstance.getTimeSequence(PointDataInstance.java:137)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.StationModelControl.loadData(StationModelControl.java:1633)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.StationModelControl$2.run(StationModelControl.java:1569)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1091)
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: WJN-602868
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed