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20040510: Shapefile use in GEMPAK

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  • Subject: 20040510: Shapefile use in GEMPAK
  • Date: 10 May 2004 10:24:44 -0600
Brian,

Brian,

There are utilities in the source code distribution
under $GEMMAPS/programs called shpcv and ssfgsf 
to convert a shape file to a GEMPAK map file.

If you have the source distribution, you can
cd $GEMMAPS/programs
make shpcv
make ssfgsf
make install

I don't normally include all the format utilities in the binary
distribution, but can post if necessary- let me know at
address@hidden.

The program shpcv will convert a shapefile (containing lat/lon
segments... not UTM grid coordinates) to an ascii format which can be
converted to GEMPAK map file format by ssfgsf.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support



On Sun, 2004-05-09 at 20:25, Brian Bernard wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> I have a shapefile (*.shp, etc) of municipalities in Ontario, Canada that I
> would like to use in GEMPAK. I searched the Gempak and Gembud archives and
> noted that there is a program called "shape.tar.gz" that converts the
> shapefiles into a readable format for GEMPAK. Unfortunately, when clicking
> on the link provided I get a  page not found error. A check in the
> contributed folder of the GEMPAK download website also comes up blank. Would
> you know if this file is still available?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Brian Bernard
> Hamilton, Canada