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>From: address@hidden (Chris Hennon) >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200110311455.f9VEti122583 > This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, > while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. > Send mail to address@hidden for more info. > >---559023410-851401618-1004540423=:2393 >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > >Steve - > >I'm using gpmap version 5.6A. By default, when I specify a plot area of >0;-100;50;-2.5, the latitude and longitude labels encroach on the plot and >the map extends out to the very edge of the viewing area (at least >horizontally - see the attached gif for an example). Optimally, I'd like >a plot with the latitude and longitude labels outside of the map area, and >with a map that neatly ends within the viewing area. Is there a simple >way of doing this? Thanks. > >Chris > >================================================ >| Chris Hennon Ohio State University | >| Tropical Meteorology address@hidden | >| | >| Dept of Geography Office: 1155 Derby Hall | >| 1036 Derby Hall Phone : (614) 292-2704 | >| Columbus, OH 43210 Fax : (614) 292-6213 | >================================================ > Chris, Use the LATLON paramter to control which longitude and longitude the labels are drawn on: color/line_type/line_width/x-freq;y-freq/x-inc;y-inc/lt_label;ln_label/form The latitude and longitude labels refer to the latitude at which to label the longitudes lines and the longitude at which to label the latitude lines The defaults for the latitude and longitude value placements if either or both are not specified are usually the left side for latitude labeling and the bottom for longitude labeling. And the margin specification on the PROJ variable to allow room on the top/sides: map proj / ang1;ang2;ang3 / l;b;r;t (margins) | image drop flag Here is an example I ran with gpmap and XW that looks like it would address your needs: MAP = 6 GAREA = 0;-100;50;-2.5 PROJ = ced//6;3;3;0 LATLON = 24/12/1/1;1/5;5/52;-101 PANEL = 0 TITLE = 1/-1 TEXT = 1/21/1/hw CLEAR = y DEVICE = xw <etc> Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support