Index: trunk/webapps/visualizer/index.html
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--- trunk/webapps/visualizer/index.html	(revision 530)
+++ trunk/webapps/visualizer/index.html	(revision 580)
@@ -63,5 +63,5 @@
     //var kMapStartupFile = "../dynamicdata/highway_status(1).json"; // initial (static) highways file used once at startup
     var kMapStartupFile = "data_layers/highways_startup.json"; // initial (static) highways file used once at startup
-    var trafficEventsFile = "traffic_events.txt"; // traffic events file
+    var trafficEventsFile = "../dynamicdata/traffic_events.txt"; // traffic events file
     var iconVDSgreen = "images/circle_green.png"
     var iconVDSyellow = "images/circle_yellow.png"
Index: trunk/webapps/visualizer/js/vdsLayer.js
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--- trunk/webapps/visualizer/js/vdsLayer.js	(revision 530)
+++ trunk/webapps/visualizer/js/vdsLayer.js	(revision 580)
@@ -160,11 +160,12 @@
                     var lines = eventsFile.toString().split("\n");
                     // For each line in the events file
-                    for (var line = 1; line < lines.length; line++) 
+                    for (var line = 0; line < lines.length; line++) 
                     {
                         var trimmedLine = lines[line].trim();
-                        if (trimmedLine[0] !== '#') //ignores lines with #
+                        if (trimmedLine.length>0 && trimmedLine[0] !== '#' ) //ignores lines with #
                         {
+                            console.log(trimmedLine);
                             var dots = [];                            
-                            var event = trimmedLine.split(/[ ,]+/);
+                            var event = trimmedLine.split(/[ ,\t]+/);
                             var start = parseFloat(event[4]); // extract postmile field
                             var range = parseFloat(event[5]); // extract distance
@@ -321,4 +322,5 @@
         i = 0;
         time.innerHTML = "00:00:00";
+        forward.disabled = false;
     });
 }