Midnight Mars Browser, Midnight Mars Browser discussion Options

[mhoward]

Sure, no problem.

[briv1016]

Is anyone else having trouble updating from Exploratorium? Particularly Spirit images.

[mhoward]

Is anyone else having trouble updating from Exploratorium? Particularly Spirit images.

I haven't noticed anything unusual.

[Ant103]

Is there a way to download image from a specific camera?
i.e : all images since Sol 1, to Sol 90, front hazcam, left eye.

I am usinge MM2 on a mac, and in advanced update, there is no option…

[mhoward]

Is there a way to download image from a specific camera?
i.e : all images since Sol 1, to Sol 90, front hazcam, left eye.

In Advanced Update you can limit it to one camera type, but not one eye. I think that's been requested before but I never got around to it.

When working with PDS images there is an option to limit download by filter, which includes L or R - because those images take up even more hard drive space (amazing as that may seem). But that's separate.

[MouseOnMars]

Hello,

It's been a while since I was here

I have just downloaded the latest version of MMB. I resurrected a Workspace from early 2007 (or, at least that was the last time it was written to). I tried rebuilding the index but I don't get any images listed in the image tab.

Can I get MMB to see it ? The dir structure is ...

CODE

generatedImages\
img\
metadata\
rawImages\
screenshots\
thumbnails\
webcache\
ErrorLog.txt
mmbworkspace.properties

[mhoward]

Can I get MMB to see it ? The dir structure is ...

Sorry I didn't respond to this earlier; been busy. This may be obvious, but have you selected "Switch Workspace" from the File menu and selected the directory containing the dir structure you note?

[MouseOnMars]

That's OK. I eventually found an old page linked from the first releases of 2.0 on the MMB blog. I just had to run a full update to download the 2.0 resources, which I had not done because I was afraid it would overwrite things. Quite the opposite. Now I can look way back to old Sols. It's been a while since I used MMB so I'm checking out things. Looks good .

EDIT: Is this the right place to discuss the new "put the browser back in MMB" version ? I would like to see the ability to select sites from a top down overview map (unless that's already in MMB which I doubt ... can't have missed that now could I?). Maybe it would be possible to put in references to the major discoveries and events ? I suppose the design comes down to pure data browsing simplicity (just Web browser like forward and back buttons between sites) vs adding too much spurious detail. But the ability to pick a site and have all data download for that site is more web-page browser like.

[James Sorenson]

I am downloading all MRD PDS images from both rovers. I have a mapped network drive on another computer which is 1.5 TB, and I entered the full network path to the MidnightMarsBrowser folder in the workspace dialog. I am able to download PDS images to the folder, but when I go to view the panoramas or slideshows in MMB, it says there is No images to be displayed, and it gives me an error saying "Error creating view". Here are the details of the error.

org.eclipse.core.runtime.AssertionFailedException: null argument:
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.Assert.isNotNull(Assert.java:84)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.Assert.isNotNull(Assert.java:72)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredSelection.<init>(StructuredSelection.java:66)
at midnightmarsbrowser.views.TimeIntervalsView.notificationCurrentEditorChanged(Tim
eIntervalsView.java:126)
at midnightmarsbrowser.views.MMBViewBase.callCurrentEditorChanged(MMBViewBase.java:
111)
at midnightmarsbrowser.views.MMBViewBase.createPartControl(MMBViewBase.java:43)
at midnightmarsbrowser.views.TimeIntervalsView.createPartControl(TimeIntervalsView.
java:86)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ViewReference.createPartHelper(ViewReference.java:370)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ViewReference.createPart(ViewReference.java:227)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPartReference.getPart(WorkbenchPartReference.ja
va:592)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartPane.setVisible(PartPane.java:299)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ViewPane.setVisible(ViewPane.java:531)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.PresentablePart.setVisible(PresentablePart
.java:179)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.PresentablePartFolder.select(Presenta
blePartFolder.java:268)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.LeftToRightTabOrder.select(LeftToRigh
tTabOrder.java:65)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.TabbedStackPresentation.selectPart(Ta
bbedStackPresentation.java:400)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.refreshPresentationSelection(PartStack.java:12
56)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.setSelection(PartStack.java:1209)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.presentationSelectionChanged(PartStack.java:84
3)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.access$1(PartStack.java:829)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack$1.selectPart(PartStack.java:139)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.TabbedStackPresentation$1.handleEvent(TabbedStackPresentation.java:131)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.AbstractTabFolder.fireEvent(AbstractT
abFolder.java:267)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.AbstractTabFolder.fireEvent(AbstractT
abFolder.java:276)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.r33.DefaultTabFolder.access$1(DefaultTabFolder.java:1)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.r33.DefaultTabFolder$2.handleEvent(DefaultTabFolder.java:84)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:938)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:962)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:947)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.notifyListeners(Widget.java:706)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder.setSelection(CTabFolder.java:3227)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder.onMouse(CTabFolder.java:2005)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder$1.handleEvent(CTabFolder.java:316)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:938)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3682)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3293)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2389)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2353)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2219)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$4.run(Workbench.java:466)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:289)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:461)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
at midnightmarsbrowser.application.Application.run(Application.java:51)
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 org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppContainer.callMethod(EclipseAppContai
ner.java:533)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:155)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(Ecli
pseAppLauncher.java:106)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLau
ncher.java:76)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:363)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:176)
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 org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:504)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:443)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1169)

[mhoward]

I am able to download PDS images to the folder, but when I go to view the panoramas or slideshows in MMB, it says there is No images to be displayed, and it gives me an error saying "Error creating view".

Are you downloading the IMG files using MMB, or something else?

[mhoward]

Is this the right place to discuss the new "put the browser back in MMB" version ? (snip)

Here's the deal: The MMB 2.0 code has already become too complex for one person (me) to deal with it effectively. Although it's a useful tool, I have to say basing it on Eclipse was in some ways an experiment that failed. Not that it doesn't work - it's just too much work, if you follow me. So I won't be doing much more with MMB 2.0, I just don't have time. BUT... that doesn't mean I won't be trying some new things in the future. Note the convoluted double negative used to maintain plausible deniability. So check back in, say, a month, and maybe I'll have something to say about it. Most of the stuff you mention, I agree with.

[James Sorenson]

Are you downloading the IMG files using MMB, or something else?

I am downloading the IMG files in MMB 2.0.2.

[mhoward]

I am downloading the IMG files in MMB 2.0.2.

Hmm. Well, are all the PDS image types both enabled and checked under Image Types in the Viewer Settings? And have you downloaded some EDR, MRD or RAD images?

[James Sorenson]

Well I am only downloading MRD images, so just the MRD checkbox is checked. I have downloaded about 43,000 PDS MRD images, and all are in the mapped network drive.

[djellison]

All of a sudden, I'm getting a "No images found matching the specified parameters" when trying ANY panorama. Swtich with the same settings, but to Slideshow - and I see everything.

Any pointers?