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>From: Robert Mullenax <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200107221852.f6MIqq129498 >I have been using a modified Unidata topo map to plot >radar echoes on using gdradr and gdplot2_gf. This works >fine. When I try to use gprcm I find there is no variable >entry for LUTFIL and no matter what satfil I use (with proj=sat) >it just uses the background map and ignores the satfil entry. >As a workaround I saved the result from gprcm as a vgf file, >then used gpmap_gf with the above satfil. This works except >the RADINFO data either is not being saved in the vgf file or >I am not using gpmap correctly as the NA's..etc do not show >up using a standard background or a topo map. > >Thanks, >Robert Mullenax > Robert, The lutfil value is currently hardcoded in gprcm.f as "DEFAULT", so it isn't looking for the value as input. This restriction can actually be eliminated- it was just part of the original gpmap.f code I used at the time. If you aren't getting the image, them it might be that you don't have a $GEMTBL/sat/imgtyp.tbl entry for the topo you have. Dis your modification change the image source number from what is in the table? Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support