Geoid Data for Aerospace Toolbox download does not download required mat files

I found this link to the Geoid Data for Aerospace Toolbox:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/46670-geoid-data-for-aerospace-toolbox

Because, of course, the Add-on Explorer just doesn't work (seems like a known issue), thus I can't click on

aeroDataPackage

to attempt to get these through the Explorer. I have the Aerospace Toolbox installed and licensed to use.

This page has a "Download" link which downloads the file "aerospacegeoiddata.mlpkginstall". Running this file opens the Add-on Manager (which works fine), and it claims everything is installed successfully.

When I then navigate to C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2023a\toolbox\aero\aerodata\aerogeoiddata

there are no .mat files here. This location was added to my Matlab Path (I assume by the add-on manager install).

But when I then try to run

geoidheight(lat,lon,'egm2008')

which requires 'geoidegm2008grid.mat' (presumably from the Geoid Data for Aerospace Toolbox), I get an error. Indeed running

which('geoidegm2008grid.mat','-ALL')'

gives

'geoidegm2008grid.mat' not found.

How can I get this require mat file?? Why did the install claim success but the folder contains no mat files??

[leka0024]

If I go the other webpage,

Ephemeris Data for Aerospace Toolbox

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/46671-ephemeris-data-for-aerospace-toolbox

A similar thing happens, but the location

C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2023a\toolbox\aero\aerodata\aeroephemerisdata

contains lots of mat files, thus I assume this one works fine.

[leka0024]

Anyone...?

[Hans Scharler]

Investigating...

[Margaret Scott]

I'm having a similar problem with the 'geoidegm2008grid.mat' file not being found and causing an error--looking through the 'Geoid Data for Aerospace Toolbox,' I cant find 'geoidegm2008grid.mat' anywhere in the toolbox files (installed the toolbox yesterday, 10/09/2023).

[leka0024]

@Margaret Scott I had to get the mat file from a colleague who had been able to download it a while ago.

I wonder if @Hans Scharler investigation turned up any answers?

[Hans Scharler]

It does look like a bug. It is being investigated by the development team. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

[leka0024]

Thank you @Hans Scharler !

[Raquel Navarro Buendía]

I had the same issue when I reinstalled matlab to another PC, then I decide to install all the toolboxes I had in the previous one and I fix the problem:

- Aerospace Toolbox

- Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox

- Tide Model Driver (TMD) version 3.0

- Mapping Toolbox

- Ephemeris Data for Aerospace Toolbox

- Geoid Data for Aerospace Toolbox

Most probably the last one had the file, but I am not sure.

Good luck!

[Steven Lord]

I believe from the description that this is Bug Report 3118078. That Bug Report is listed as fixed in release R2023b Update 8 and release R2024a.

Answer 1

[Cris LaPierre]

Please report this here: https://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html