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[IDV #ZQH-336619]: Problems with global sat data in IDV

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  • Subject: [IDV #ZQH-336619]: Problems with global sat data in IDV
  • Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 17:02:53 -0600
> Yuan:
> 
> Well, I have a really interesting bug for you with regards to that
> satellite imagery.
> 
> Load up the attached bundle.  It will look like crap, but this will
> suffice for demonstration purposes.  Then for the global WV or IR,
> change either the Legend Label or the Display Label in the property
> window.  It will spontaneously change the data sampling to every 5th pixel.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 

Jim,
      This is a bug, I just checked in the fix this afternoon. You can download 
the nightly release
tomorrow morning.


Yuan
> 
> On 7/16/14 4:13 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> >> Hi:
> >>
> >> I've been having some problems loading global satellite data into IDV,
> >> especially in bundles.  The data is from the GLOBAL dataset on the
> >> adde.ucar.edu server.  When I pull up the Thermal IR composite images,
> >> it defaults to a -5 magnification, so I change it to 1 so I get the full
> >> grid.  However, when I then save to a bundle and reload it, IDV5.0
> >> downloads and plots the data with the default -5 magnification.  See the
> >> attached globalir.xidv bundle.
> >>
> >> Further, all bundles I have created previously (August 2013) that use
> >> the GLOBAL dataset on the adde.ucar.edu server no longer work and return
> >> an error that says no images satisfy the selection criteria.  See
> >> Global-10day.xidv.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
> >>
> > Jim,
> >       The magnification bug has been fixed in the nightly release a while 
> > ago. You can download and give it a try.
> >
> >       The problem of GLOBAL datasets from adde is a different story. A few 
> > months ago, Tom made an announcement regarding
> > the changes of these dataset. Basically, the original high resolution 
> > datasets are no longer available due to the
> > request of the dataset creator SSEC. They are getting paid to generate 
> > these high resolution datasets for certain customers and
> > do not want to see the Unidata making them freely available. So, we replace 
> > these global datasets with lower resolution datasets,
> > and this means the IDV users need to redo the bundle.  Sorry about the 
> > trouble.
> >
> >
> > Yuan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: ZQH-336619
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: ZQH-336619
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed