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[IDV #AIH-857685]: change in map projection parameters when reading a binary file

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  • Subject: [IDV #AIH-857685]: change in map projection parameters when reading a binary file
  • Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:42:40 -0700
Ben,

Long story short, please move or remove your ~/.unidata directory.

When you restart your IDV, it should work.

Best,

Unidata IDV Support

> I support crew, i’ve uploaded an example file
> 
> -ben
> 
> On Dec 4, 2014, at 10:06 AM, Unidata IDV Support <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Ben,
> >
> > Please upload your output to
> >
> > http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload
> >
> > Let us know when it is uploaded.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Unidata IDV Support
> >
> >
> >> Full Name: Ben Weinstein
> >> Email Address: address@hidden
> >> Organization: University of British Columbia
> >> Package Version: 5.0u2 build date:2014-11-12 20:09 UTC
> >> Operating System: Mac OS X
> >> Hardware: Java: home: /Applications/IDV_5.0u2/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/jre 
> >> version: 1.7.0_67 j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily
> >> Description of problem:
> >>
> >> Hi.
> >>
> >> I am trying to use IDV to read binary input data from the air quality
> >> model CAMx.  IDV is able to read in all variables properly except for
> >> the map projection. for exampe, when I read in a file that is supposed
> >> to have the following map properties:
> >>
> >> Standard Lat/lon:    55.800  -125.000
> >> True Latitudes:    30.000    60.000
> >>
> >> GRID ID:         2
> >> PARENT ID:         1
> >> NX,NY,NZ:        99        99        40
> >> DX:    12.000
> >> Grid center (deg):    53.883  -129.157
> >> SW x/y corner:  -859.789  -795.765
> >> NE x/y corner:   328.212   392.235
> >>
> >> for some reason the projection gets changed to:
> >> :latitude_of_projection_origin = 25.0;
> >> :longitude_of_central_meridian = -95.0;
> >> :standard_parallel = 20.0, 60.0;
> >>
> >> Is there a way for me to go into the projection and manually reset the
> >> parameters? that way my map can be projected to northern BC as opposed
> >> to the gulf of mexico.
> >>
> >> thanks very much!
> >>
> >> -Ben Weinstein
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: AIH-857685
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: AIH-857685
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed