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> Full Name: Denis Macharia > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: RCMRD/SERVIR Africa > Package Version: 3.0u2 build date:2012-02-10 17:21 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_3.0u2\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:OPENDAP.GRID with: > http://oceanwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/satellite/JS/ssta/1day > Hi Denis, This dataset is not available, you may send a support request to the server site to find out more information. Yuan > Grid data source failed making data set: > dods://oceanwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/satellite/JS/ssta/1day > Not a valid OPeNDAP server - Missing MIME Header fields! Either "XDAP" or > "XDODS-Server." must be present. > > ****************** > Stack trace: > opendap.dap.DAP2Exception: Not a valid OPeNDAP server - Missing MIME Header > fields! Either "XDAP" or "XDODS-Server." must be present. > at opendap.dap.ServerVersion.<init>(ServerVersion.java:149) > at opendap.dap.DConnect2.openConnection(DConnect2.java:297) > at opendap.dap.DConnect2.getDDS(DConnect2.java:517) > at opendap.dap.DConnect2.getDDS(DConnect2.java:491) > at ucar.nc2.dods.DODSNetcdfFile.<init>(DODSNetcdfFile.java:212) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDODS(NetcdfDataset.java:809) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openOrAcquireFile(NetcdfDataset.java:654) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:424) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:520) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:101) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:87) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataSet(GeoGridDataSource.java:1094) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:1116) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterCreation(GeoGridDataSource.java:478) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1577) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1980) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1897) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1831) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1804) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:943) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser.makeDataSource(XmlChooser.java:280) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler.processNodes(ThreddsHandler.java:851) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler.doLoad(ThreddsHandler.java:700) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser.doLoadInThread(XmlChooser.java:717) > 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: SYS-299023 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed