Re: 20050729: GEMPAK - Inability to show/loop analysis grids.

Steve - perfect!  And many thanks.  Have a great weekend.

Stonie

On Friday 29 July 2005 19:31, Unidata Support wrote:
> Stonie,
>
> In regard to the NEXR plot which uses the $NMAP_RESTORE/radar/nexr/n0r
> restore file, comment out or remove the "GDATTIM=last" line at the
> top of the input, as it is overriding the time widget selection.
> This was my oversight in leaving the GDATTIM parameter in the file, and
> not a NCEP bug. I suspect there could be some utility in using the gdattim
> explicitly.
>
> Similarly, comment out the GDATTIM line for the RCMG plot in
> $NMAP_RESTORE/radar/rcm/reflectivity, etc.
>
> After removing the GDATTIM=last, you should see the time bar populated with
> the range of times in the file.
>
> The time binning is a feature for surface observations, and not applicable
> to gridded data.
>
> Steve Chiswell
> Unidata User Support
>
> >From: "Stonie R. Cooper" <address@hidden>
> >Organization: Planetary Data, Incorporated
> >Keywords: 200507291534.j6TFYLjo017543
> >
> >Steve and Tom,
> >
> >Through 5.8.1, one was able to bring up an analysis grid via NMAP2 and
> > click on a single time to display a timeline of all times available. 
> > This also allowed one to have a analysis grid layer on an image that
> > updated with the image.  Finally, this also allowed one to loop several
> > time intervals of an analysis grid.
> >
> >With 5.8.2a, this feature stopped be accessible; if you bring up an
> > analysis grid, such as rcmg or nexr, you can now only see the specific
> > time you clicked on in the timeline, and when layering with an image, the
> > analysis grid does not continue to update with the image, instead only
> > showing the single time that was selected - and was available.  And as
> > only one time shows in the timeline, there is no longer any looping
> > capability with analysis grids.
> >
> >My guess is that this is related to the new time binning feature - but the
> >"Bin Source" button is grayed out for analysis grids, making it impossible
> > to deselect or otherwise in order to bring back the old functionality.
> >
> >I hoped that my previous emails may have caused this bug to be fixed in
> >5.8.3a, but I find that 5.8.3a is still broke in this respect.
> >
> >I appreciate your duties and that I am not a member of the university
> >community, but would have to think that such functionality would be
> > equally important to NCEP and the university community.
> >--
> >Stonie Cooper,
> >Planetary Data, Incorporated
> >(402) 727-6599
>
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Stonie Cooper,
Planetary Data, Incorporated
(402) 727-6599