[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: 19990202: gpfront

This archive contains answers to questions sent to Unidata support through mid-2025. Note that the archive is no longer being updated. We provide the archive for reference; many of the answers presented here remain technically correct, even if somewhat outdated. For the most up-to-date information on the use of NSF Unidata software and data services, please consult the Software Documentation first.

  • Subject: Re: 19990202: gpfront
  • Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 13:36:12 -0700 (MST)
On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Steve Chiswell wrote:

> Jim,
> 
> The problem is not that we'll have to change the code,
> but rather, they are not consistently doing it 
> on the left, or on the right, or whatever.
> 
> See at:
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/chiz/gifs/asus_bull.gif
> 
> You see the warm front is one way for the carolina coastal
> front, and the right way for the Montana front.
> 
> Whichever way they decide to do it, they have to abide by
> that rule everywhere. If they do that, and we have to resign the
> equations, at least it will be consistent. At this point,
> they ar not being consistent even within the same bulletin.

No they're not doing it consistently... yet. But supposedly
when they start using some new software, it will be consistent,
and supposedly the pips should always go on the left following
the line segment.