20030425: IDV 1.0b6 station model plotting

Tom-

Tom Whittaker wrote:
> First off, thanks for fixing the wind flag location problem -- seems to
> be fixed.

That was weird, but I just stumbled on a fix.  I'm glad it's fixed
for you also.

> Questions/comments:
>
> 1.  why are there so many stations with no pressure plotted?

The pressure variable being used in the METAR station plot
is PRE.  Perhaps more sites use PSL.  Try creating a new
Station Model and use PSL as the pressure variable and see
if you get more plots like you would expect.

> 2.  why is there no cloud cover info shown?

Because McIDAS does not store cloud cover as octets, but
as 0,1,2,3.  Using these values would give bogus octet
depictions.

> 3.  when I make a new station model 'form', everything
>     seems to work great...except font resizing.  I even tried
>     stopping and starting the IDV, but my "increase font size" on
>     the temperature and dew point, for example,
>     does not seem to affect the plot (it does show up in the
>     station model maker widget, though).

A bug, and we'll look into it.

> 4.  If I'm zoomed over southern Wisconsin (or central CO, I guess),
>     then I Clear All Displays, then I "Create Display" of the
>     data I just removed, the font size that it tries to use
>     (zoomed in over S. WI...it does not reset the map) is about
>     the size of Cleveland.  If I reset my map to be N. America,
>     then it uses a reasonable size font.

Yes, you've reported this problem before ;-) and it is still
a bug.  I will have Stu add it to the list of known bugs.
Unfortunately, I haven't had time to talk to Tom Rink about
how he solved this problem for the contour labels, but I
think I will have to do something similar.

> 5.  The re-draw when zooming/unzooming to declutter is great...even on my
>     little 900mHz machine...good show!

That's good to know.

> BTW, the smaller Data Selector widget is lookin' really
> good....excellent job, folks!

Thanks.  Let us know if you find any other anomalies.

BTW, try displaying an RH isosurface colored by temperature
or a windspeed colored by geopotential height.  It's kinda
cool.

Don
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