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Greetings Nick, It looks like you are using an older version of the IDV - would you mind upgrading to the latest version (3.0u2) and trying this again? Thanks! Sean > Full Name: Nick Gkikas > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: Harokopio University of Athens > Package Version: 3.0 build date:2011-08-29 16:38 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: /root/IDV_3.0/jre version: 1.6.0_20 j3d:1.5.2 fcs > (build4) > Description of problem: making shapes > java.lang.NullPointerException > I'm using Fedora Core 14 > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > ucar.visad.display.StationModelDisplayable.makeShapes(StationModelDisplayable.java:1118) > at > ucar.visad.display.StationModelDisplayable.makeShapesFromPointObsField(StationModelDisplayable.java:914) > at > ucar.visad.display.StationModelDisplayable.makeNewDataWithShapes(StationModelDisplayable.java:697) > at > ucar.visad.display.StationModelDisplayable.setStationData(StationModelDisplayable.java:441) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.StationModelControl.loadData(StationModelControl.java:1718) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.StationModelControl$DataLoader.run(StationModelControl.java:3759) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1091) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: TOO-861405 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open