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

Ben,

Great! Glad it finally worked.

Best,

Unidata IDV Support

> works now!
> thanks for your help
> 
> -ben
> 
> On Jan 7, 2015, at 8:32 AM, Unidata IDV Support <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Ben,
> >
> > Sorry for all the confusion.
> >
> > In the same location as the camx.2d.36km.20100414.bin file, there should be 
> > a
> > camxproj.txt file.
> >
> > Please delete that camxproj.txt file. (That was what we were trying to do 
> > when
> > were deleting the .unidata directory).
> >
> > That index file was lurking around (we believe) from our earlier attempts to
> > crack open the data with previous versions of the IDV. That file is causing 
> > our
> > problems.
> >
> > Try that solution and let us know how it goes. Thanks for your patience.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Unidata IDV Support
> >
> >> Thanks for the fast response.
> >>
> >> Here is what i dd:
> >>
> >> shut down all IDV
> >> deleted: the recently installed nightly IDV (IDV_5.0u3 and the former 
> >> IDV_5.0u2).
> >> then i deleted the .unidata directory and the old .moved_unidata
> >>
> >> then i redownloaded the IDV IDV_5.0u3
> >> note that now there is a new .unidata directory.
> >>
> >> the problem still persists. here is the file I am trying to get data from. 
> >> are you able to open the fields in the proper geographic location?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Ben
> >> On Jan 6, 2015, at 4:08 PM, Unidata IDV Support <address@hidden> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Ben,
> >>>
> >>> Sorry that this conversation has not been very clear. Please shutdown all
> >>> instances of the IDV. Delete or move the .unidata directory. Download the
> >>> nightly IDV. Start the IDV.  From what we can tell, these steps will 
> >>> resolve the
> >>> issue. Let us know if they do not.
> >>>
> >>> Please keep us up-to-date on your progress.
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>>
> >>> Unidata IDV Support
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> You can see from a screenshot of the terminal that i had a .unidata 
> >>>> directory and then i moved it to become .moved_unidata.
> >>>> is this what you meant?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> The projection is still wrong - is there a way for me to manually set 
> >>>> the parameters? any other ideas?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> thanks for the continued support
> >>>>
> >>>> -b
> >>>>
> >>>> On Jan 6, 2015, at 3:23 PM, Unidata IDV Support <address@hidden> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Ben,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Most importantly, did you delete (or better yet move)  the ~/.unidata 
> >>>>> directory?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If you take this step, it may solve the problem.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Best,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Unidata IDV Support
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Hi again support crew,
> >>>>>> sorry for not following up sooner - I have downloaded the nightly 
> >>>>>> version and deleted the older one but am still unable to get the 
> >>>>>> projection in its proper geographic location. As you can see from this 
> >>>>>> image, my landuse plot of western north america is still being 
> >>>>>> projected to central america: any tips on how to fix this?
> >>>>>> Ben Weinstin
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Dec 8, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Unidata IDV Support <address@hidden> 
> >>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I support crew, i’ve uploaded an example file
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> -ben
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Ben,
> >>>>>>>   You need to download the new idv from the nightly build and 
> >>>>>>> remove/rename the .unidata folder. You should be able to display the 
> >>>>>>> dataset in
> >>>>>>> the correct location.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Yuan
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> 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
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: AIH-857685
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> 
> 


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