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20040824: Background Map resolution

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  • Subject: 20040824: Background Map resolution
  • Date: 24 Aug 2004 14:18:03 -0600
Nancy,

When using a script, make sure you escape the "$" sign in the $MAPFIL
variable as "\$", otherwise, the script will interpret the character as
a shell variable.

A csh example is:

#!/bin/csh

gpmap << EOF
\$mapfil = hirdus.nws+hishus.nws+hiuhus.nws
garea = uslcc
proj = def
map = 23/1/1+3/1/1+3/1/2
...
run

exit
EOF



Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support


On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 11:50, Nancy Selover wrote:
> I am trying to get local roads to show up as background for radar in
> Gempak.  When I run GARP, I select "ROADS.NWS" and I get the local
> road network in the background, but when I run a script to create the
> image, I can't get the local roads to show up.  I have selected
> "hirdus.nws", along with Interstate, State and US highways, and all
> but the local roads show up.  They all have appropriate line color,
> width and type.  I have selected a garea only 1 degree of longitude
> wide and 0.6 degrees of latitude high, but that didn't help with the
> background.  Isn't "hirdus.nws" the same as the NWS Roads coverage in
> Garp?  I am using the maps in the gempak/maps directory.
> 
> Thanks,
> Nancy  
> 
> Nancy J. Selover
> Asst. State Climatologist
> Office of Climatology tel: 480-965-0580
> Arizona State University fax: 480-965-1473
> Tempe, AZ 85287-1508 e-mail: address@hidden
> 
>