[IDV #ZTD-112359]: loading focal mechanism data

John,

We suspect a problem in your header. Please remove the header and work
through the user interface.

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/userguide/data/TextPointData.html

See the section on using the "Using the Text Point Metadata Gui".

If you still have a problem, please upload the data to

http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload

and let us know when it is there.

Best,

Unidata IDV Support

> Full Name: John Cannon
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: University of Houston
> Package Version: 5.0u1 build date:2014-08-08 16:54 UTC
> Operating System: Windows 7
> Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_5.0u1\jre version: 1.7.0_51 
> j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily
> Description of problem: Hello
> 
> I am attempting to load focal mechanisms from the International Seismological 
> centre for eq MW >4 for the Himlaya-Tibet region and am receiving this 
> message.
> 
> There was an error loading the data:
> Error creating data source:file.pointtext with: 
> C:\Users\jkegel\Documents\Matt\active_ramp_paper\agu\1970-2012 eq focal 
> mechansims himalaya mag greater than 4.csv
> Making grid parameters
> TextAdapter: MathType badly formed or missing: 
> ((index)->(Time,Latitude,Longitude,Altitude,magnitude,strike,dip,rake,comment(Text),Mo(Text)),,,,)
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> John
> 
> ******************
> Stack trace:
> visad.VisADException: TextAdapter: MathType badly formed or missing: 
> ((index)->(Time,Latitude,Longitude,Altitude,magnitude,strike,dip,rake,comment(Text),Mo(Text)),,,,)
> at visad.data.text.TextAdapter.readit(TextAdapter.java:693)
> at visad.data.text.TextAdapter.<init>(TextAdapter.java:281)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.point.TextPointDataSource.makeObs(TextPointDataSource.java:614)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.point.TextPointDataSource.makeObs(TextPointDataSource.java:479)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.point.TextPointDataSource.getSample(TextPointDataSource.java:2520)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.point.PointDataSource.doMakeDataChoices(PointDataSource.java:960)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.point.TextPointDataSource.doMakeDataChoices(TextPointDataSource.java:2528)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getDataChoices(DataSourceImpl.java:1855)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1604)
> 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.FileChooser.selectFilesInner(FileChooser.java:656)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFiles(FileChooser.java:525)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.doLoadInThread(FileChooser.java:547)
> 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:1215)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243)
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ZTD-112359
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed