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Patrick, You can download the new GEMPAK distribution and build 5.6.e.1. Or, I can send you the 1 gempak routine and you can just update your 5.6.D.1 distribution for now. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support >From: address@hidden >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200111301815.fAUIFiN23837 >Okay then, only one problem, I think I'm back in the dark ages of 5.6.d. > >Is upgrading to 5.6.e.1 a matter of rebuilding gempak, or a simpler >matter? > >Thank you..... > >Patrick > >> Patrick, >> >> I expanded the STNPLT capabilities in 5.6.E.1. from: >> >http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/gempak/GEMPAK5.6/whats_new.html#5.6E >> >> >> Added ability to plot any station table column in STNPLT >> (instead of just station ID) by specifying the column number preceeded >> by '#' following the station table name: >> >> STNPLT >> text color/text attributes | marker attributes | >stnfile#stntbl_column >> >> Steve Chiswell >> Unidata User Support >> >> >> >> >From: "Patrick O'Reilly" <address@hidden> >> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >> >Keywords: 200111301625.fAUGPrN18545 >> >> >A quick and semi-unrelated question: I know in GARP that there is an >option >> >for Surface Airways overlay, not just the three-letter station id, >but the >> >whole station name. Is there a GEMPAK option somewhere for this, to >plot >> >the station name and station plot info? In sfmap, it plots only the >> >three-letter station id or numeric station id, as far as I can >figure. >> >Thanks! >> > >> >Patrick >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "Unidata Support" <address@hidden> >> >To: "Patrick O'Reilly" <address@hidden> >> >Cc: "Unidata Support" <address@hidden> >> >Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 3:49 PM >> >Subject: 20011120: Gempak Program: GPLABEL >> > >> > >> >> >> >> Patrick, >> >> >> >> The gplabel is not part of the GEMPAK distribution. It >> >> is likely a program that they have created or obtained elsewhere. >> >> There is a program called gptext in the GEMPAK distribution >> >> that will allow you to write text to an arbitrary window location. >> >> >> >> Steve Chiswell >> >> Unidata User Support >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >From: "Patrick O'Reilly" <address@hidden> >> >> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >> >> >Keywords: 200111202252.fAKMqkN27521 >> >> >> >> >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >> >> > >> >> >------=_NextPart_000_0056_01C171E4.06FCD680 >> >> >Content-Type: text/plain; >> >> > charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >> >> > >> >> >Good evening, >> >> > >> >> >I received a couple Gempak scripts from COMET that they use to >create = >> >> >web graphics for Datastreme. I am going to eventually do the >same, and = >> >> >I see a GPLABEL gempak program in the scripts. I checked the >Datastreme >> >= >> >> >web page where the graphics are posted, and the gif images created >by = >> >> >the scripts do indeed have the labels that the GPLABEL program >creates. >> >= >> >> >Problem is, I can't find it, or any mention of it. I attached a >copy of >> >= >> >> >the script so you can see near the end where the GPLABEL program >creates >> >= >> >> >the labels for the gifs. Any clues for me? >> >> > >> >> >Thanks for any input! >> >> > >> >> >Patrick >> >> > >> >> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> >Patrick O'Reilly Support Scientist >> >> >The STORM Project address@hidden >> >> >208 Latham Hall ph: 319-273-3789 >> >> >University of Northern Iowa >> >> >Cedar Falls, IA 50614 =20 >> >> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =20 >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >------=_NextPart_000_0056_01C171E4.06FCD680 >> >> >Content-Type: text/html; >> >> > charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >> >> > >> >> ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> >> >> ><HTML><HEAD> >> >> ><META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = >> >> >charset=3Diso-8859-1"> >> >> ><META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=3DGENERATOR> >> >> ><STYLE></STYLE> >> >> ></HEAD> >> >> ><BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> >> >> ><DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>Good >evening,</FONT></DIV> >> >> ><DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> >> >> ><DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>I received a couple >Gempak = >> >> >scripts from=20 >> >> >COMET that they use to create web graphics for Datastreme. I am = >> >> >going to=20 >> >> >eventually do the same, and I see a GPLABEL gempak program in the >= >> >> >scripts. =20 >> >> >I checked the Datastreme web page where the graphics are posted, >and the >> >= >> >> >gif=20 >> >> >images created by the scripts do indeed have the labels that the >GPLABEL >> >= >> >> >program=20 >> >> >creates. Problem is, I can't find it, or any mention of it. = >> >> >I=20 >> >> >attached a copy of the script so you can see near the end where >the = >> >> >GPLABEL=20 >> >> >program creates the labels for the gifs. 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