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[IDV #NHQ-188806]: drawing polygons in IDV from a list of lat/lon points

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  • Subject: [IDV #NHQ-188806]: drawing polygons in IDV from a list of lat/lon points
  • Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:54:34 -0600
> Hello-
> 
> Is there a way to have IDV plot polygons from a list of lat/lon points?  The
> drawing control is the closest thing that I've found, but I want it to draw
> the polygon based on the lat/lon pairs from a file rather than from my click
> on the map.  Any suggestions?
> 
Hi Tiffany,
  You can creates a xml file with the .xgrf as file suffix, and stores these 
lat/lon points. The easy way is to 
draw a polygons in the IDV and export the objects, and use this file as a 
example.

> Can a layout model connect consecutive points with a line?
> 
This feature is not available.


Yuan
> Thanks,
>  
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> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: NHQ-188806
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed