Re: 20060118: 20060117: GEMPAK decoder installation

Hi Steve,

> What do you mean "run it"? Do you mean, launch a display program?
>
> Assuming under a ~gempak account, you have GEMPAK5.9.1/,
> and you have created the symbolic link from ~gempak/GEMPAK5.9.1 to
> ~gempak/NAWIPS; you can then "source ~gempak/NAWIPS/Gemenviron"
> for a csh/tcsh or .cshrc, or ". ~gempak/NAWIPS/Gemenviron.profile" for
> a .profile, .bashrc etc.
>
> After the Gemenviron variables are in your environment:
> - type "ntl". That will launch the gui bar.
>
> - Click on the NMAP2 icon.
>
>  - See the tutorial, such as displaying METAR observations with:
>    http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/gempak/tutorial/nmap_data.html

I still don't have any data though. And I have pqact.gempak pqact files 
and have made sure the gemenviron file is read at startup.

>  The NMAP2 display will provide you with a gui interface for satellite, radar,
>  model, surface, upperair obs, etc.
>
> - Click on the NWX icon.
>
>  - see the tutorial under:
>    http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/gempak/tutorial/nwx.html

This still works fine.
> By testing out those programs, you will find out if your data is being found
> under the expected $GEMDATA/ which is ~ldm/data/gempak (...however you have that
> data/ directory under the ~ldm user located).

I re-ran the source data. I am stumped. And I am also stumped on how to 
make the national mosaic and dump it to a GIF without running the ntl 
display and having it up all of the time. Thoughts?

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