[IDV #TOS-300800]: Transect View Question

> So I have to 'drag' the image to match the 0km with the start point, then 
> change the aspect ratio to match the end point up with the end of the 
> transect? This is what I was trying to avoid, since it doesn't work too well 
> and involves repeatedly editing the aspect ratios to keep the vertical scale 
> correct.
> 
> V/R,
> 
> Stefan

This is the design of the transect display. I don't have other solution.


Yuan
> 
> Stefan Cecelski
> Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant
> AOSC Department: University of Maryland College Park
> 2343 Computer and Space Sciences Building(CSS #224)
> 703.801.1370
> address@hidden
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jan 10, 2012, at 3:26 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> 
> >> Yes I know how to do this, but this doesn't correct the transect display 
> >> to start and end at these points. This just changes the transect drawing 
> >> tool, and not the transect display (which won't adjust to start and end at 
> >> these points, even after changing them).
> >>
> >
> > Yes, you can do it. Assuming you have two end points in the corrected 
> > positions, you can now use the right mouse button to move left or right to 
> > do the adjustment.
> >
> > Yuan
> >> V/R,
> >>
> >> Stefan
> >>
> >> Stefan Cecelski
> >> Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant
> >> AOSC Department: University of Maryland College Park
> >> 2343 Computer and Space Sciences Building(CSS #224)
> >> 703.801.1370
> >> address@hidden
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jan 10, 2012, at 3:16 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> >>
> >>>> Full Name: Stefan Cecelski
> >>>> Email Address: address@hidden
> >>>> Organization: University of Maryland
> >>>> Package Version: 3.0u2 build date:2012-01-10 08:07 UTC
> >>>> Operating System: Mac OS X
> >>>> Hardware: Java: home: 
> >>>> /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home 
> >>>> version: 1.6.0_29 j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4)
> >>>> Description of problem: Hello,
> >>>>
> >>>> Is there any way to make a transect view automatically adjust its length 
> >>>> to match a new transect created by the transect drawing tool? Right now, 
> >>>> the only features for changing the transect view are zooming in/out, 
> >>>> dragging the display and changing the vertical scale. It would be much 
> >>>> better to have the transect display set the "B" of a custom transect at 
> >>>> "0km" with the end of the display being the "E" from the custom 
> >>>> transect. It would be nice to have the transect display bounded by this 
> >>>> distance with the ability to change the vertical scale locked for this 
> >>>> distance. Right now, trying to make the B and E of a custom transect 0km 
> >>>> and the end of the transect display is impossible, as I am spending 
> >>>> nearly all my time trying to edit aspect ratios.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> For example, attached is a transect display created from a custom 
> >>>> transect. What would be wanted is that the start point of the custom 
> >>>> transect (19.55N 14.40N) be at distance = 0km and the end point of the 
> >>>> transect (5.001N 10.47W) be the end of the transect (for this example, 
> >>>> somewhere like 1750km) automatically, without me trying to drag the 
> >>>> display around or editing the aspect ratio.
> >>>>
> >>> It is possible to specify two end points in the transect control. In the 
> >>> "Transect Drawing Control" window, select the tab "Shapes", and double 
> >>> click on the transect, another window popup, and select the Points tab in 
> >>> this window, and click on the lat/lon point to over write the lat/lon 
> >>> value.
> >>>
> >>> Hope this help.
> >>>
> >>> Yuan
> >>>
> >>>> This make it easier to understand the cross-section displays, since they 
> >>>> are properly 'clipped' where the user intended on placing the 
> >>>> cross-section. Right now, extra information is being shown that doesn't 
> >>>> need to be. Furthermore, the display needs some sort of vector magnitude 
> >>>> marker, depicting the relationship between vector length and wind speed. 
> >>>> Obviously the longer the arrow the stronger the wind, but there is no 
> >>>> quantitive comparison for vector length and windspeed. This goes for all 
> >>>> display that support vectors.
> >>>>
> >>>> V/R,
> >>>>
> >>>> Stefan
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Ticket Details
> >>> ===================
> >>> Ticket ID: TOS-300800
> >>> Department: Support IDV
> >>> Priority: Normal
> >>> Status: Closed
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: TOS-300800
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: TOS-300800
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed