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Hi Greg, As you know, Chiz is on travel at the moment, and he is not able to attend to the GEMPAK inquiries. But, I will give this one a shot :-) > I'm having trouble finding the right mapfil to use with sfmap that > would show all the Mexican states. Can you point me to the proper file? I looked through the binary map files included with the GEMPAK distribution, and see some that might be what you are looking for: tpstmx.nws mestmx.nws lostmx.nws histmx.nws The naming scheme for GEMPAK mapfiles is laid out in the file: ~gempak/NAWIPS/gempak/maps/ascii/mapfiles.doc. The first pair of characters in the file name define a resolution; the second pair features; the third region, and the suffix contains the source: Resolutions: ToP, HIgh, MEdium, LOw, MiXed Features: STate Region: MeXico (I am assuming) Source: .nws -> National Weather Service So, I interpret the above names to represent: tpstmx.nws - top resolution states of Mexico from the NWS mestmx.nws - medium resolution states of Mexico from the NWS lostmx.nws - low resolution states of Mexico from the NWS histmx.nws - high resolution states of Mexico from the NWS Now, how you use this in GEMPAK's sfmap, I can't say, but I am sure the program help can guide you. > Here's my question: Can I import the map files from McIDAS > (which I know does have mexican states) into GEMPAK somehow? I don't think that there are any GEMPAK programs that would do this; I know that there are no programs in McIDAS. The fact is that I routinely import GEMPAK map files into McIDAS using MAKEMAP. MAKEMAP can use the ASCII map files that are included in the GEMPAK distribution in ~gempak/NAWIPS/gempak/maps/ascii > If not, would you have any other suggestions? Please let us know if any of the *mx.nws map files is what you were looking for. If not, Jeff Weber and I will get together to discuss this (he knows a LOT more about GEMPAK than I do). > Thanks, No worries. Cheers, Tom **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: QXI-251578 Department: Support GEMPAK Priority: Normal Status: Open