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Hi Patrick- This should be fixed in the latest nightly build. Don Murray > > Full Name: Patrick Brockmann > > Email Address: address@hidden > > Organization: IPSL > > Package Version: 2.8a1 build date:2009-12-10 08:08 UTC > > Operating System: Linux > > Hardware: Java: home: /opt/IDV_2.8a1/jre version: 1.6.0_13 j3d:1.5.2 fcs > > (build4) > > Description of problem: Hi, > > > > Thanks for your different answers and upgrades. > > I really appreciate the support you make. > > Thanks for your suggestions. > > > A strange point that I have noticed when a plot filled contours plan is > > asked to IDV. > > I can see missing contours. See attached image. > > I think this is an artifact of the mapping to the globe. In a 2D display, > there are no gaps. I'm going to have to pass this off to the VisAD developer > to evaluate. I'll let you know what I find. > > One more note. We made a change yesterday to the way map preferences are > used in the globe and map display. If you run the latest build, you might > see that your default maps are not the same as before in the globe. If not, > you can fix this by copying maps.xml to globemaps.xml in your > ~/.unidata/idv/DefaultIdv directory. Now, different maps preferences are > used depending on whether you are in a globe view or a map projection view. > > Don Murray Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: JCO-211259 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed