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Tom, Yesterday Jeff added the north American map to the projection manager to address exactly the kind of thing you have in mind. I will copy this to him so he can tell you how he did that in the code, for a short term fix. Your idea of the user choosing maps desired is a good suggestion. Stu > > >To: Unidata Support <address@hidden> > >From: Tom Whittaker <address@hidden> > >Subject: IDV - map projection manager > >Organization: SSEC/CIMSS > >Keywords: 200310161414.h9GEEkOb020053 > > I need to be able to specify the basemap to use in the projection > manager. My application is in making high-resolution maps of a few > counties -- I cannot see the counties with the current map -- so it's > just a guessing game. Ideally, I'd like to be able to specify any of > the available maps to be used in this widget. > > Thanks. > > tom > > -- > Tom Whittaker (address@hidden) > University of Wisconsin-Madison > Space Science and Engineering Center > Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies > Phone/VoiceMail: 608.262.2759 > > ------- End of Forwarded Message -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program 303 497 8643 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata WWW Service http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/support ****************************************************************************