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> Full Name: Nicholas Lenssen > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: FIT > Package Version: 5.2u1 build date:2015-11-18 05:35 UTC > Operating System: Windows 8.1 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_5.2u1\jre version: 1.8.0_45 > j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:netcdf.point with: > [C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_180026_V06.gz, > C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_180455_V06.gz, > C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_180922_V06.gz, > C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_181334_V06.gz, > C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_181746_V06.gz, > C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_182158_V06.gz, > C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_182625_V06.gz, > C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_183123_V06.gz, > C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_183606_V06.gz, > C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_184104_V06.gz, > C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_184602_V06.gz, > C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_185059_V06.gz, > C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_185556_V06.gz, > C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_190054_V06.gz, > C:\Users\Nick\Des ktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_190552_V06.gz, C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_191050_V06.gz, C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_191548_V06.gz, C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_192045_V06.gz, C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_192542_V06.gz, C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_193040_V06.gz, C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_193537_V06.gz, C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_194035_V06.gz, C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_194532_V06.gz, C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_195029_V06.gz, C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_195527_V06.gz, C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_200024_V06.gz, C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_200521_V06.gz, C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_201019_V06.gz, C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_201516_V06.gz, C:\Users\Nick\De sktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_202014_V06.gz, C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_202511_V06.gz, C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_203010_V06.gz] > Point obs data source failed making data set: > C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_180026_V06.gz > Unable to make a PointDataset from C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD > 9_8\KMLB20150908_180026_V06.gz > Error = PointDataset must have lat,lon,time**Failed to find > FeatureDatasetFactory for= C:/Users/Nick/Desktop/nick/NEXRAD > 9_8/KMLB20150908_180026_V06.gz datatype=ANY_POINT > > > ****************** > Stack trace: > ucar.unidata.data.BadDataException: Unable to make a PointDataset from > C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\nick\NEXRAD 9_8\KMLB20150908_180026_V06.gz > Error = PointDataset must have lat,lon,time**Failed to find > FeatureDatasetFactory for= C:/Users/Nick/Desktop/nick/NEXRAD > 9_8/KMLB20150908_180026_V06.gz datatype=ANY_POINT > Hi Nicholas, I think all you need to do is to specify the datasource type to be "Radar Files" in the data chooser before loading the datasets. This should work. Yuan > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.NetcdfPointDataSource.doMakeDataset(NetcdfPointDataSource.java:284) > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.NetcdfPointDataSource.getDataset(NetcdfPointDataSource.java:252) > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.NetcdfPointDataSource.initAfterCreation(NetcdfPointDataSource.java:209) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1577) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1979) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1896) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1830) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1803) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:943) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFilesInner(FileChooser.java:659) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFiles(FileChooser.java:528) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.doLoadInThread(FileChooser.java:550) > 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 =================== Ticket ID: IAN-419905 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed