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>From: "David Fitzgerald" <address@hidden> >Organization: Millersville University >Keywords: 200601112245.k0BMji7s007155 IDV versions Hi Dave- >I'm not sure if this is a Thredds or IDV problem. I just did my first >install of tomcat and thredds as per the Getting Started instructions. >When I use a web browser to look at the default catalog >(http://twister.millersville.edu:8080/thredds/catalog.html) it works ok. >However when I try to use IDV to look open the catalog >http://twister.millersville.edu:8080/thredds/catalog.xml, I get this >error: > >An error has occurred: Creating >ui:http://twister.millersville.edu:8080/thredds/catalog.xml > multiple points The problem is that the 1.2 version of IDV cannot access the new versions of THREDDS catalogs. The multiple points come from the version of the catalog being 1.0.1 and we were parsing it as a number and it can't have 2 decimal points. Unfortunately, the IDV and THREDDS releases were out of sync and this problem was not found until after the IDV release. You can either: - use IDV 1.3b1 (recommended) - download the idv.jar from: ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/idv/IDV1.2/idv.jar and replace your existing copy in the directory where IDV is installed. Don 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.