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> Full Name: Ryan Littlewood > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: Coastal Environments, Inc. > Package Version: 4.1 build date:2013-08-02 18:38 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_4.1\jre version: 1.6.0_43 > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: > > Creating display: Color-Shaded Plan View > Java heap space > > I get "Java heap space" errors when selecting a display (Color-shaded > plan view, color-shaded topography, etc.). My data source is a 1/3 arc > second DEM of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama in netCDF form that > is about 29Gb in size. Do you have any advice as to how I can load and > display this file without memory errors? > > Thanks very much, > Ryan Littlewood > > ****************** > Stack trace: Ryan, 1/3 second file is huge, you need to subset before creating a display. Yuan > java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: JCU-763234 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed