20040701: IDV and Shape files

> I'm thinking of shape files that contain other graphical objects such as
> wind barbs that can be displayed on top of a map background or other
> graphical or image display.  
>  
I'm not aware of any standard format for these types of shapes. Do you 
mean ESRI .shp shapefiles
that contain polygons that form the symbols or is there another standard 
(e.g., Scalable Vector Graphics)
you are thinking of?

For weather symbols from observation data we do have a pretty rich 
station model editor.

-Jeff