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> Tom, > > I'm having problems with using non-integer values latitude and longitude > with our new > version of McIDAS. It works well with integers, but gives an error message > about the > format issues and tells me to check on supported formats. I do and it tells > me decimal > values should be okay. Here is an example of what I'm trying to pass to > imgdisp.k: > "LATLON=28.2 78.8" and I get the error and the default location setting. > However, when I > use: "LATLON=28 79", it works. I'm fairly certain that my older version of > McIDAS handled > non-integer lat/lon values. Am I doing something wrong? Here is a list (from ARGHELP) of the valid forms for specifying latitude/longitude values in McIDAS command invocations: ARGHELP ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid McIDAS lat/lon argument format: [+-]dd:mm:ss [+-]dd.fffffE[+-]s where: dd = degrees mm = minutes (<= 59) ss = seconds (<= 59) fffff = fractional degrees Acceptable Forms: [+-]dd , [+-]dd:mm , [+-]dd:mm:ss , [+-]dd.fffff , [+-]: , [+-]dd: , [+-]dd:mm: , [+-]dd::ss , [+-].fffff , [+-]dd:: , [+-]:mm: , [+-]:mm:ss , [+-]::ss , [+-]:mm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like you noted, fractional degrees are supposed to be allowed. I just ran the following IMGDISP invocation to test if they are, in fact supported: DATALOC ADD RTIMAGES ADDE.SSEC.WISC.EDU SF 1;ERASE F;IMGDISP RTIMAGES/GECNC02 LATLON=40.1 105.3 MAG=-3;MAP Erased image frame(s) 1-1 Erased graphic frame(s) 1-1 ERASE: Done Beginning Image Data transfer, bytes= 1427444 IMGDISP: loaded frame 1 IMGDISP: done MAP: Completed frame 1 As you can see from the IMGDISP output, fractional latitudes and longitudes work for me, at least. Can you send us the exact/full invocation that you are running along with the output from the command? This will help to figure out what is going on with your test. Cheers, Tom -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: NCA-821765 Department: Support IDD Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.