'SRTM 1Sec HGT (Auto Download)' is not supported

Microwave Toolbox Interferometry
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Hi,

I’m following this tutorial: https://step.esa.int/docs/tutorials/S1TBX%20TOPSAR%20Interferometry%20with%20Sentinel-1%20Tutorial_v2.pdf
trying to reproduce it using GPT (through Snapista) but I’m stuck at the Co-Registration step.

I am running this Graph in GPT:

<graph>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <node id="products">
    <operator>ProductSet-Reader</operator>
    <sources/>
    <parameters class="com.bc.ceres.binding.dom.XppDomElement">
      <fileList>${filelist}</fileList>
    </parameters>
  </node>
  <node id="back_geocoding">
    <operator>Back-Geocoding</operator>
    <sources>
      <sourceProduct refid="products"/>
    </sources>
    <parameters class="com.bc.ceres.binding.dom.XppDomElement">
      <demName>SRTM 1Sec HGT (Auto Download)</demName>
      <demResamplingMethod>BILINEAR_INTERPOLATION</demResamplingMethod>
      <disableReramp>false</disableReramp>
      <externalDEMFile/>
      <externalDEMNoDataValue>0</externalDEMNoDataValue>
      <maskOutAreaWithoutElevation>true</maskOutAreaWithoutElevation>
      <outputDerampDemodPhase>false</outputDerampDemodPhase>
      <outputRangeAzimuthOffset>false</outputRangeAzimuthOffset>
      <resamplingType>BILINEAR_INTERPOLATION</resamplingType>
    </parameters>
  </node>
  <node id="write">
    <operator>Write</operator>
    <sources>
      <sourceProduct refid="back_geocoding"/>
    </sources>
    <parameters class="com.bc.ceres.binding.dom.XppDomElement">
      <clearCacheAfterRowWrite>false</clearCacheAfterRowWrite>
      <deleteOutputOnFailure>true</deleteOutputOnFailure>
      <file>${output}</file>
      <formatName>BEAM-DIMAP</formatName>
      <writeEntireTileRows>false</writeEntireTileRows>
    </parameters>
  </node>
</graph>

where the input products are 2 .dim files coming from the pipeline:
Read → TOPS Split → Apply Orbit File → Write
applied independently on the 2 products suggested in the tutorial.

However, the above graph outputs the following error:

Processing the graph
Executing processing graph
INFO: org.esa.snap.core.gpf.operators.tooladapter.ToolAdapterIO: Initializing external tool adapters
…java.lang.NullPointerException
INFO: org.esa.s2tbx.dataio.gdal.GDALVersion: GDAL not found on system. Internal GDAL 3.0.0 from distribution will be used. (f1)
java.lang.NullPointerException
INFO: org.esa.s2tbx.dataio.gdal.GDALVersion: Internal GDAL 3.0.0 set to be used by SNAP.
java.lang.NullPointerException
INFO: org.esa.snap.core.util.EngineVersionCheckActivator: Please check regularly for new updates for the best SNAP experience.
java.lang.NullPointerException
INFO: org.esa.s2tbx.dataio.gdal.GDALVersion: Internal GDAL 3.0.0 set to be used by SNAP.
java.lang.NullPointerException
INFO: org.hsqldb.persist.Logger: dataFileCache open start
java.lang.NullPointerException
SEVERE: org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp: Unable to get elevation model: The DEM ‘SRTM 1Sec HGT (Auto Download)’ is not supported.
java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeBurstOffset(BackGeocodingOp.java:573)
90% done.
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeTileStack(BackGeocodingOp.java:490)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeRect(OperatorImageTileStack.java:122)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeTile(OperatorImageTileStack.java:86)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.scheduleTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.OpImage.getTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.PlanarImage.getData(Unknown Source)
at com.bc.ceres.glevel.MultiLevelImage.getData(MultiLevelImage.java:64)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getSourceTile(OperatorContext.java:449)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getSourceTile(OperatorContext.java:435)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeRect(OperatorImageTileStack.java:116)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeTile(OperatorImageTileStack.java:86)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.scheduleTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.OpImage.getTile(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.RequestJob.compute(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.WorkerThread.run(Unknown Source)
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeBurstOffset(BackGeocodingOp.java:573)
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeTileStack(BackGeocodingOp.java:490)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeRect(OperatorImageTileStack.java:122)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeTile(OperatorImageTileStack.java:86)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.scheduleTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.OpImage.getTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.PlanarImage.getData(Unknown Source)
at com.bc.ceres.glevel.MultiLevelImage.getData(MultiLevelImage.java:64)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getSourceTile(OperatorContext.java:449)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getSourceTile(OperatorContext.java:435)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeRect(OperatorImageTileStack.java:116)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeTile(OperatorImageTileStack.java:86)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.scheduleTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.OpImage.getTile(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.RequestJob.compute(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.WorkerThread.run(Unknown Source)
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeBurstOffset(BackGeocodingOp.java:573)
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeTileStack(BackGeocodingOp.java:490)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeRect(OperatorImageTileStack.java:122)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeTile(OperatorImageTileStack.java:86)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.scheduleTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.OpImage.getTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.PlanarImage.getData(Unknown Source)
at com.bc.ceres.glevel.MultiLevelImage.getData(MultiLevelImage.java:64)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getSourceTile(OperatorContext.java:449)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getSourceTile(OperatorContext.java:435)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeRect(OperatorImageTileStack.java:116)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeTile(OperatorImageTileStack.java:86)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.scheduleTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.OpImage.getTile(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.RequestJob.compute(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.WorkerThread.run(Unknown Source)
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeBurstOffset(BackGeocodingOp.java:573)
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeTileStack(BackGeocodingOp.java:490)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeRect(OperatorImageTileStack.java:122)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeTile(OperatorImageTileStack.java:86)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.scheduleTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.OpImage.getTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.PlanarImage.getData(Unknown Source)
at com.bc.ceres.glevel.MultiLevelImage.getData(MultiLevelImage.java:64)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getSourceTile(OperatorContext.java:449)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getSourceTile(OperatorContext.java:435)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeRect(OperatorImageTileStack.java:116)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeTile(OperatorImageTileStack.java:86)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.scheduleTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.OpImage.getTile(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.RequestJob.compute(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.WorkerThread.run(Unknown Source)
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeBurstOffset(BackGeocodingOp.java:573)
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeTileStack(BackGeocodingOp.java:490)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeRect(OperatorImageTileStack.java:122)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeTile(OperatorImageTileStack.java:86)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.scheduleTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.OpImage.getTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.PlanarImage.getData(Unknown Source)
at com.bc.ceres.glevel.MultiLevelImage.getData(MultiLevelImage.java:64)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getSourceTile(OperatorContext.java:449)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getSourceTile(OperatorContext.java:435)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeRect(OperatorImageTileStack.java:116)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeTile(OperatorImageTileStack.java:86)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.scheduleTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.OpImage.getTile(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.RequestJob.compute(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.WorkerThread.run(Unknown Source)
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeBurstOffset(BackGeocodingOp.java:573)
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeTileStack(BackGeocodingOp.java:490)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeRect(OperatorImageTileStack.java:122)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeTile(OperatorImageTileStack.java:86)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.scheduleTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.OpImage.getTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.PlanarImage.getData(Unknown Source)
at com.bc.ceres.glevel.MultiLevelImage.getData(MultiLevelImage.java:64)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getSourceTile(OperatorContext.java:449)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getSourceTile(OperatorContext.java:435)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeRect(OperatorImageTileStack.java:116)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeTile(OperatorImageTileStack.java:86)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.scheduleTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.OpImage.getTile(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.RequestJob.compute(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.WorkerThread.run(Unknown Source)
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeBurstOffset(BackGeocodingOp.java:573)
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeTileStack(BackGeocodingOp.java:490)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeRect(OperatorImageTileStack.java:122)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeTile(OperatorImageTileStack.java:86)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.scheduleTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.OpImage.getTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.PlanarImage.getData(Unknown Source)
at com.bc.ceres.glevel.MultiLevelImage.getData(MultiLevelImage.java:64)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getSourceTile(OperatorContext.java:449)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getSourceTile(OperatorContext.java:435)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeRect(OperatorImageTileStack.java:116)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeTile(OperatorImageTileStack.java:86)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.scheduleTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.OpImage.getTile(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.RequestJob.compute(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.WorkerThread.run(Unknown Source)
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeBurstOffset(BackGeocodingOp.java:573)
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeTileStack(BackGeocodingOp.java:490)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeRect(OperatorImageTileStack.java:122)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeTile(OperatorImageTileStack.java:86)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.scheduleTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.OpImage.getTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.PlanarImage.getData(Unknown Source)
at com.bc.ceres.glevel.MultiLevelImage.getData(MultiLevelImage.java:64)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getSourceTile(OperatorContext.java:449)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getSourceTile(OperatorContext.java:435)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeRect(OperatorImageTileStack.java:116)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeTile(OperatorImageTileStack.java:86)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.scheduleTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.OpImage.getTile(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.RequestJob.compute(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.WorkerThread.run(Unknown Source)
org.esa.snap.core.gpf.OperatorException: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.graph.GraphProcessor$GPFImagingListener.errorOccurred(GraphProcessor.java:379)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.sendExceptionToListener(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.scheduleTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.OpImage.getTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.PlanarImage.getData(Unknown Source)
at com.bc.ceres.glevel.MultiLevelImage.getData(MultiLevelImage.java:64)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getSourceTile(OperatorContext.java:449)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getSourceTile(OperatorContext.java:435)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeRect(OperatorImageTileStack.java:116)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeTile(OperatorImageTileStack.java:86)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.SunTileScheduler.scheduleTile(Unknown Source)
at javax.media.jai.OpImage.getTile(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.RequestJob.compute(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.media.jai.util.WorkerThread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: org.esa.snap.core.gpf.OperatorException: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.esa.snap.engine_utilities.gpf.OperatorUtils.catchOperatorException(OperatorUtils.java:432)
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeTileStack(BackGeocodingOp.java:520)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeRect(OperatorImageTileStack.java:122)
at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorImageTileStack.computeTile(OperatorImageTileStack.java:86)
… 12 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeExtendedAmount(BackGeocodingOp.java:698)
at org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp.computeTileStack(BackGeocodingOp.java:509)
… 14 more
Error: java.lang.NullPointerException
– org.jblas INFO Deleting /tmp/jblas4449293315742955822/libjblas_arch_flavor.so
– org.jblas INFO Deleting /tmp/jblas4449293315742955822/libjblas.so
– org.jblas INFO Deleting /tmp/jblas4449293315742955822/libgfortran-4.so
– org.jblas INFO Deleting /tmp/jblas4449293315742955822/libquadmath-0.so
– org.jblas INFO Deleting /tmp/jblas4449293315742955822

where the most important part of the error, in my opinion, is:

SEVERE: org.esa.s1tbx.sentinel1.gpf.BackGeocodingOp: Unable to get elevation model: The DEM ‘SRTM 1Sec HGT (Auto Download)’ is not supported.

I have read in the forum that it is possible to download the DEM by myself and upload it on SNAP, but I am very new to this tool so I do not know precisely where to get the right files.
However, I wonder why the Automatic Download does not start for the selected DEM.

I am using Python 3.8 with Snapista to create the graph and then I use the .run() command to run it. My environment is a Docker Container based on “Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)” and the SNAP version is 8.0.0

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Can you please test another DEM?
You can create the graph with BackGeocoding yourself in SNAP, export it as xml and then check how SNAP names the AutoDownload DEMs (or an exernal one).
External DEMs must be stored as geotiffs in geographich (lat/lon) projection.

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Thank you!

Indeed, the demName parameter was set as:

<demName>SRTM 1Sec HGT</demName>

so, without specifying “(Auto Download)”. Hence, I changed my python code and finally it worked.

To be more precise, I also had to set my wsl configuration to allocate AT LEAST 4GB of RAM memory to the Docker Container for the Co-Registration to be correctly executed.

Hope this will be helpful for someone else.

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The NASA Land Processes archive center (LPDAAC) for SRTM data download changed their servers in July 2022 to require “https” for downloads. SNAP software might require an update for this. We discussed this last month for the ISCE2 software.

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