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Hi HP- > Full Name: HansPeter Roesli > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: EUMETSAT > Package Version: 2.8a1 build date:@DATE@ > Operating System: Windows Vista > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_2.8a1\jre version: 1.6.0_13 > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: Hi - > > Every now and then I am in need to label a location not found in > Locations. Up to now I add them to an ad-hoc Text Point Data file. > While this bbasically works, it has the drawback that beyond the > information necessary to specify the location you have to add a dummy > for the time information. It would be nice if one could create a file > specific to locations only (w/o time), and/or add locations to the > standard list(s) already loaded. > > Am I overlooking something here, or is this feature missing? You can create a file of locations using the formats listed at: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/IDV/docs/userguide/data/LocationXml.html You can load these files in as "Locations" Data Source Type through the file chooser. If you want to keep a permanent list that is available through the Displays->Locations menu, create a file in ~/.unidata/idv/DefaultIdv called userstations.xml using the Locations XML format. You can have multiple station tables in a file using a format like: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <stationtables> <stationtable name="SubsetA" category="My Custom Stations"> (list of stations for subset A) </stationable> <stationtable name="SubsetB" category=My Custom Stations"> (list of stations for subset B) </stationtable> </stationtables> This will show up in the Display->Locations menu as a top menu called My Custom Stations and sub menus SubsetA and SubsetB. I'll update the web page above to add in this information. Don Murray Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: UUA-646727 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open