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> Full Name: ZHEN WANG > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: U of A > Package Version: 4.1 build date:2013-08-02 18:38 UTC > Operating System: Mac OS X > Hardware: Java: home: > /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home version: > 1.6.0_51 j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: I was suggested to use IDV and it is the only link i > can find the images i need...but it show the error for loading as below: > > There was an error loading the data: > Do not know how to handle the given data: > ftp://ftp.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/images/satellite/GOES-W/NPacific_2km/VIS/VIS_20130807_2100 > > Appreciate your help very much! > This is AREA file, you need to specify the data source type as "McIDAS AREA files" when loading this. Yuan > ****************** > Stack trace: > ucar.unidata.data.BadDataException: Do not know how to handle the given data: > ftp://ftp.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/images/satellite/GOES-W/NPacific_2km/VIS/VIS_20130807_2100 > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1534) > 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:852) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler.doLoad(ThreddsHandler.java:701) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser.doLoadInThread(XmlChooser.java:717) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1223) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1251) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ABQ-808561 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed