Spatial Allocator Tool Seg fault with CODE: 820

Spatial Allocator
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I’ve been using the spatial allocator tool v4.3.1. I’ve gotten all surrogates to work except for the US Ports Code: 820. I keep getting a segment fault. I’m running the tool on the cloud throwing as much as 72 GB of RAM at it. I’ve made sure the shapefile_catalog and surrogate_specification files are accurate with path/file/field names. I’ve run all the pre-requisite codes successfully (800, 807, and 350), but nothing seems to work. I’m using the Ports_081412_NEI2011_NOx_WRF.shp from an updated dataset. I’ve tried using the newer version (4.3.2) but got the same result.

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Looks like you are running 2011 surrogates. Make sure that your data shapefile is correct. For 2011, the data shape file is cty_pophu2k_revised.
#SRGDESC=820,Ports NEI2011 NOx

#SURROGATE REGION = USA
#SURROGATE CODE = 820
#SURROGATE NAME = Ports NEI2011 NOx
#DATA SHAPEFILE = cty_pophu2k_revised
#DATA ATTRIBUTE = FIPSSTCO
#WEIGHT SHAPEFILE = Ports_081412_NEI2011_NOx_WRF
#WEIGHT ATTRIBUTE = ann_value

For 2014 surrogates:
#SRGDESC=820,Ports NEI2014 Activity

#SURROGATE REGION = USA
#SURROGATE CODE = 820
#SURROGATE NAME = Ports NEI2014 Activity
#DATA SHAPEFILE = NTAD_2014_County_Pol
#DATA ATTRIBUTE = CTFIPS
#WEIGHT SHAPEFILE = Ports_2014NEI
#WEIGHT ATTRIBUTE = ACTIVITYKW
#WEIGHT FUNCTION =
#FILTER FUNCTION =

3

Yes, I’m using 2011 surrogates. I couldn’t find any updates files. Those parameters listed are what I have, and it’s not working.

4

Do you have any other suggestions as for why it’s not working? It seemed earlier version port files were points not polygons. Would this make a difference?

5

How much “scratch variable space” will it take with polygons? Could this be the issue:
https://www.cmascenter.org/ioapi/documentation/all_versions/html/AVAIL.html#medium

6

Many other surrogates are polygons and much larger files that seem to work fine. I’ll try to increase scratch space just to make sure. Thank you.