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> Don, > After last Friday's emails exchanged, I realized we were talking about > different issues. Because I unzipped the file before loading into the IDV, > the display in the IDV were in-corrected and I thought this is what you > were reporting. > > I can see those in-corrected values now, I will work on it. > > > Yuan It looks like Double double gives the corrected value. I will commit the change into nightly. Yuan > > On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Don Murray <address@hidden> > wrote: > > > New Client Reply: shapefile values not correct > > > > Yuan- > > > > I'm not sure you are following what the problem is. The shapes display > > correctly in the map view, but the attributes in the control are not > > correct. Look at the table in the control window, not the display > > window. I was loading as a shape file and the values are not correct on > > my Mac. > > > > Don > > > > On 9/18/15 2:32 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote: > > >>> The data points are correct, it's only the Float attributes that are > > >>> wrong from the DBF file, not the .shp file. > > >>> > > >> > > >> but the idv did call Swap.swapDouble when parsing the data. > > >> > > >> > > >> Yuan > > > > > > Ok, if I loaded the zip file and specified it is shapfile, it worked > > correctly. > > > > > > > > > Yuan > > >>> On 9/18/15 2:01 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote: > > >>>>> Yuan- > > >>>>> > > >>>>> When I read them into IDV 4.1 and 5.0, the values are not correct, > > so I > > >>>>> don't think it's a CDM issue. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Don > > >>>> > > >>>> I see, the latitude is always 90, but display better than 5.2. > > >>>> > > >>>> Yuan > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On 9/18/15 1:43 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote: > > >>>>>>> Hi- > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> I am reading the attached shapefile into the IDV and some of the > > values > > >>>>>>> are not correct. Here is the table from the IDV Shapefile control: > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Don, > > >>>>>> This maybe a bug from the cdm library, I check the earlier > > version of the IDV (5.0) and it worked. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Yuan > > >>>>>>> Snowbird 3 > > >>>>>>> 1.087565836426755E-71 1.1446059890054294E-71 > > >>>>>>> Alta 4 > > >>>>>>> 1.7234542243009803E-47 1.088013183211314E-71 > > >>>>>>> Brighton 1 > > >>>>>>> 1.8301956787561836E-76 6.233590900149814E-38 > > >>>>>>> Solitude 2 > > >>>>>>> 5.638920049157892E-38 2.319828897649876E-52 > > >>>>>>> Deer Valley 3 > > >>>>>>> 3.888873831709894E-33 6.235850809215158E-38 > > >>>>>>> Park City 4 > > >>>>>>> 3.701550059575178E-33 1.4521696665885985E-47 > > >>>>>>> The Canyons 1 > > >>>>>>> 4.854850996698057E-33 5.354261505248967E-38 > > >>>>>>> Sundance Resort 2 > > >>>>>>> 1.7448499923843034E-76 3.059361173095118E-57 > > >>>>>>> Eagle Point 2 > > >>>>>>> 7.108283486014435E-38 1.486099650515775E-76 > > >>>>>>> Brianhead 4 > > >>>>>>> 5.15534473888474E-62 1.398049885224134E-76 > > >>>>>>> Snowbasin 1 > > >>>>>>> 5.649278464920273E-38 1.5200578739121147E-47 > > >>>>>>> Powder Mountain 3 > > >>>>>>> 2.2125771771393415E-52 1.4871050972018592E-76 > > >>>>>>> Beaver Mountain 2 > > >>>>>>> 3.378606785049924E-57 7.116341512702352E-38 > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> the last 2 numbers in each row (SHAPE_Leng and SHAPE_Area) are > > wrong. > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> For example, for the first shape (Snowbird), the values should be > > >>>>>>> 14373.1 and 1.03942e+07. > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Thanks, > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Don > > >>>>>>> -- > > >>>>>>> Don Murray > > >>>>>>> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CU-CIRES > > >>>>>>> 303-497-3596 > > >>>>>>> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/ > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Ticket Details > > >>>>>> =================== > > >>>>>> Ticket ID: IDM-359246 > > >>>>>> Department: Support IDV > > >>>>>> Priority: Normal > > >>>>>> Status: Open > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> -- > > >>>>> Don Murray > > >>>>> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CU-CIRES > > >>>>> 303-497-3596 > > >>>>> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/ > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> Ticket Details > > >>>> =================== > > >>>> Ticket ID: IDM-359246 > > >>>> Department: Support IDV > > >>>> Priority: Normal > > >>>> Status: Open > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Don Murray > > >>> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CU-CIRES > > >>> 303-497-3596 > > >>> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/ > > >>> > > >>> > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > =================== > > > Ticket ID: IDM-359246 > > > Department: Support IDV > > > Priority: Normal > > > Status: Open > > > > > > > -- > > Don Murray > > NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CIRES > > 303-497-3596 > > http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/ > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: IDM-359246 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > Link: > > https://andy.unidata.ucar.edu/esupport/staff/index.php?_m=tickets&_a=viewticket&ticketid=26132 > > > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: IDM-359246 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed