[IDV #BXF-835860]: scale bars / lat-long boxes in IDV

> Hello Yuan,
> 
> I followed your instructions and saved the bundle, edited the ISL
> script to point to that filename, and now it is giving me a different
> error.
> 
> Unknown tag:latlonlables


It should be "latlonlabels", is your typing correct?


Yuan
> 
> Any advice? Thanks.
> 
> Cheers
> Colin
> 
> On May 13, 2011, at 5:39 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> 
> >>> OK, thanks.  I downloaded the ISL file in the user guide.  When I
> >>> try
> >>> to open the ISL file within my current project, or within a newly
> >>> started IDV session, I get this message:
> >>>
> >>> An error occurred:java.io.IOException: Could not load
> >>> resource:/Users/user/Desktop/test.xidv
> >>> error:java.io.FileNotFoundException:
> >>> Unable to open:/Users/user/Desktop/test.xidv
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas what's going on here?  Thanks.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>> Colin
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On May 11, 2011, at 4:14 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>> Hello,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks for creating IDV, it is a really helpful tool.  I only
> >>>>> have a
> >>>>> couple small problems I've come across, mostly cosmetic.  I'm
> >>>>> hoping
> >>>>> you can help.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> When saving images for figures, I cannot find a way to include a
> >>>>> map
> >>>>> scale bar (distance in km), directional arrows (N, S, E, W) or a
> >>>>> bounding box around the view that has the latitude and longitude
> >>>>> in
> >>>>> regular intervals marked and labeled.  Journals are insisting on
> >>>>> these
> >>>>> details and I don't want to have to move everything over to
> >>>>> ArcGIS to
> >>>>> add them, if I could do it easily in IDV.  Either I cannot find
> >>>>> how
> >>>>> to
> >>>>> include this in the view, or maybe IDV doesn't have it yet.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Any ideas?  thanks.
> >>
> >> You need to create a bundle after setting up your display in the
> >> map view window, File > Save as, and then edit the ISL script to
> >> point to the bundle you saved.
> >>
> >>
> >> Yuan
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cheers,
> >>>>> Colin
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Colin,
> >>>>  Thanks for your feedback of the IDV.
> >>>>  I don't think we can do the map scale bar at this moment. It is
> >>>> probably something the IDV can get from the WMS if the background
> >>>> is
> >>>> from the WMS too. But the current release, the default background
> >>>> is
> >>>> built in. I will need to do some more research on this.
> >>>>
> >>>>  The lat/lon marked and labeled on the bounding box can be done
> >>>> with the ISL script, we have a document available in the User
> >>>> guide.
> >>>>
> >>>> "http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/userguide/isl/ImagesAndMovies.html
> >>>> "
> >>>>
> >>>> and search for the "Add lat/lon labels to an image".
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Colin Beier, Ph.D.
> >>>>> Research Ecologist
> >>>>> Adirondack Ecological Center & Huntington Wildlife Forest
> >>>>> Department of Forest & Natural Resources Management
> >>>>> SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
> >>>>> http://www.esf.edu/aec/beier/beier_lab/MAIN.html
> >>>>> voice: 518.582.4551 x106
> >>>>> fax: 518.582.2181
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Ticket Details
> >>>> ===================
> >>>> Ticket ID: BXF-835860
> >>>> Department: Support IDV
> >>>> Priority: Normal
> >>>> Status: Open
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Colin Beier, Ph.D.
> >>> Research Ecologist
> >>> Adirondack Ecological Center & Huntington Wildlife Forest
> >>> Department of Forest & Natural Resources Management
> >>> SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
> >>> http://www.esf.edu/aec/beier/beier_lab/MAIN.html
> >>> voice: 518.582.4551 x106
> >>> fax: 518.582.2181
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> > Hi Colin,
> >    Attached is something I am experimenting, can you provide some
> > feedback?
> >
> > Yuan
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: BXF-835860
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open<latlonscale.gif>
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: BXF-835860
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open