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RE: 20040824: Background Map resolution

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  • Subject: RE: 20040824: Background Map resolution
  • Date: 25 Aug 2004 17:41:53 -0600
Nancy,

in $GARPHOME/tables/maplist.tbl:

NWS Roads                  lordus.nws

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support



On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 16:51, Nancy Selover wrote:
> Steve,
>       I did have the \$Mapfil=hirdus.nws after I had setenv MAPFIL
> /huser/gempak/gempak/maps to set the path.  However, when I just
> included the roads coverage "hirdus.nws" and nothing else.  I only get 2
> pieces of street in Phoenix.  Is that the same as the NWS ROADS
> background in Garp.  When I use NWS ROADS in Garp I get all the main
> streets of Phoenix.  What street file is that?
> 
> Nancy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Chiswell [mailto:address@hidden] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 1:18 PM
> To: Nancy Selover
> Cc: address@hidden; GEMPAK support
> Subject: 20040824: Background Map resolution
> 
> 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
> > 
> > 
>