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>From: Bill Fingerhut <address@hidden> >Organization: Lyndon State >Keywords: 200009251326.e8PDQ1b04272 McIDAS-X GRDIMAGE Bill, Sorry I havn't had time to get to this, but I have been struggling with a number of things, not the least of which is the writing of an AMS paper. The unfortunate thing is that I will be out of the office starting tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 17) until Sunday (Oct. 1). After that, I will be finishing my AMS paper and then preparing for the Policy Committee meeting on October 5-6. Sorry to moan, but I just wanted to let you know why I havn't gotten back to you. Anyway, see below for the small bit of input I can give. >I have a problem with GRDIMAGE. When the source dataset position >is greater than one, the wrong gridfile is used. To illustrate: > >->capture commands and responses > >TFILE did OPEN on window 0 >->list defined datasets >DSSERVE LIST MYDATA >Group/Descriptor Type Format & Range RT Comment >------------------------ ----- ------------------ -- -------------------- >MYDATA/GRIDS GRID GRID 2001-2099 Local Scratch Grids >MYDATA/JGRDS GRID GRID 311-320 GLOBAL GRIDS >MYDATA/JIMGS IMAGE AREA 1800-1819 JET IMAGES >MYDATA/MGRDS GRID GRID 2001-2002 SCRATCH MODEL GRIDS >MYDATA/MIMGS IMAGE AREA 3001-3010 SCRATCH FOR JETSTREAM >MYDATA/SIMGS IMAGE AREA 2001-2099 SCRATCH IMAGES >DSSERVE: done > >->list existing grids >GRDLIST MYDATA/GRIDS.4 NUM=ALL >Dataset position 4 Directory Title= >PAR LEVEL DAY TIME SRC FHOUR FDAY FTIME GRID PRO >---- --------- ------------ -------- ---- ----- ------------ -------- ---- ---- >U MAXW 20 SEP 00264 00:00:00 AVN 0 20 SEP 00264 00:00:00 1 MERC >V MAXW 20 SEP 00264 00:00:00 AVN 0 20 SEP 00264 00:00:00 2 MERC >SPD MAXW 20 SEP 00264 00:00:00 AVN 0 20 SEP 00264 00:00:00 3 MERC >Number of grids listed = 3 >GRDLIST - done > >->try to use an existing grid - position 4, grid 3 > >GRDIMAGE MYDATA/GRIDS.4 MYDATA/MIMGS.5 RANGE=0 255 0 255 GRID=3 MAG=5 5 >GRDIMAGE: Failed to read grid >TFILE CLOSE >----------------------------------------- >GRDIMAGE did not find the existing grid??? It is unexpected and points to a problem. >I believe that GRDIMAGE is trying to read position one, >not four, from my debugging (not shown). Yes, I think you are correct. >Am I doing something wrong??? No, I don't believe that you are. This will merit a more thorough investigation when I get back from trave. Sorry I can't offer more at this time... Tom