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> Yes, it did eventually load even on my Mac ... 5 minutes or so. Hopefully > the performance can be improved going forward ... > > Thanks, > > Kevin I think you can load first and turn on the fast render and then save the default map, I believe it will be fast the next time you selected. Yuan > > _____________________________________________ > Kevin Tyle, Systems Administrator > Dept. of Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences > University at Albany > Earth Science 235, 1400 Washington Avenue > Albany, NY 12222 > Email: address@hidden > Phone: 518-442-4578 > _____________________________________________ > > ________________________________________ > From: Unidata IDV Support <address@hidden> > Sent: Monday, June 9, 2014 7:57 PM > To: Tyle, Kevin R > Cc: address@hidden > Subject: [IDV #XJF-203933]: Problem with loading Roads > > > Hi Yuan, > > > > It's one of the Map plugins that one can install via the Plugin Manager ... > > "US Highways and Roads". > > > > At least on CentOS, I was able to eventually get the maps to appear but > > only after several minutes, and only when I loaded the map file as a data > > source. > > > > --Kevin > > Kevin, > I did see these three maps, it took very long time to load and display, like > several minutes. Can you try to let it run for 5 minutes and let us know? > > > Yuan > > > > _____________________________________________ > > Kevin Tyle, Systems Administrator > > Dept. of Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences > > University at Albany > > Earth Science 235, 1400 Washington Avenue > > Albany, NY 12222 > > Email: address@hidden > > Phone: 518-442-4578 > > _____________________________________________ > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: Unidata IDV Support <address@hidden> > > Sent: Monday, June 9, 2014 6:35 PM > > To: Tyle, Kevin R > > Cc: address@hidden > > Subject: [IDV #XJF-203933]: Problem with loading Roads > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > It seems there is a bug when one loads the three options for "Roads" as a > > > map overlay. > > > > > > Although one might be able to load US Roads and US Highways, once you > > > click State Highways, the program freezes up entirely and must be killed. > > > > > > The above describes the situation on a CentOS 64 bit operating system. > > > On my Mac Lion system, as soon as the user selects one of the three road > > > mapfiles, the program locks up. > > > > > > This is with the current release (5.0) of IDV. > > > > > > Thanks for checking ... > > > > > > --Kevin > > > > > > _____________________________________________ > > > Kevin Tyle, Systems Administrator > > > Dept. of Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences > > > University at Albany > > > Earth Science 235, 1400 Washington Avenue > > > Albany, NY 12222 > > > Email: address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden> > > > Phone: 518-442-4578 > > > _____________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > Kevin, > > I only have interstate highways and us roads, and I didn't see this problem > > on my Mac. Where did you get the plugin for the state hightwats? > > > > > > Yuan > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: XJF-203933 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > =================== > Ticket ID: XJF-203933 > Department: Support IDV > Priority: Normal > Status: Open > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: XJF-203933 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open