[IDV #NRN-127025]: ISL Center Function

> Thanks Sean. It was quite perplexing; I will try with offscreen set to false.
> 
> V/R,
> 
> Stefan
> 

I just checked in the fixed, you can download the nightly tomorrow.


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 Mar 16, 2012, at 6:38 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> 
> > Greetings Stefan,
> >
> > This has been a tricky little bug to hunt down. It looks like the center 
> > tag will work if you use Offscreen="False" i your isl script. We'll 
> > continue to investigate what is going on when Offscreen is set to True. 
> > I'll let you know when we get a final fix in the nightly build.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >> Sean,
> >>
> >> It is essentially the same ISL script, bundle and data I uploaded to 
> >> RAMADDA not that long ago. Just add <center north="30" south="10" 
> >> east="-10" west="-30"/> within the bundle isl command.
> >>
> >> Also, I have been messing around with .PS (Post-Script) image formats 
> >> because their quality is far superior for publication (doesn't distort 
> >> with resizing). I am able to generate .ps graphics using the ISL <image> 
> >> command, but matting the image and adding lat/lon labels via further ISL 
> >> commands doesn't work. Why is this?
> >>
> >> If there was any way contour labels could be rendered after the image is 
> >> generated, that would be fantastic. If lat/lon labels are able to be 
> >> generated from the image post image generation, I think contour labels 
> >> should be able to as well. The ability to write out in PS format with 
> >> lat/lon labels and matting with post-rendered contour labels would make 
> >> IDV graphics that much closer to publication quality. And I would know, I 
> >> defended my prospectus using IDV generated images!
> >>
> >> 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 Mar 14, 2012, at 5:07 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Stefan,
> >>>
> >>> Would you mind sending your isl script?
> >>>
> >>> As for the contour labels, I don't think there is an isl way to do that 
> >>> so that you can have the same font renderer as the displaylist (however, 
> >>> I'll check with Yuan about that).
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>>
> >>> Sean
> >>>
> >>>> Full Name: Stefan Cecelski
> >>>> Email Address: address@hidden
> >>>> Organization: University of Maryland
> >>>> Package Version: 3.0u3 build date:2012-03-09 08:06 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: Hi All,
> >>>>
> >>>> I am trying to use the center function in the ISL scripting language to 
> >>>> create a box for image capture. The command is something like: <center 
> >>>> north="15" south="2" east="-5" west="-20"/>. When I do this, I get the 
> >>>> following error:
> >>>>
> >>>> Tue Mar 13 14:51:26 EDT 2012: Loading bundle: 
> >>>> /Volumes/WD/IDV_Scripts/bundles/aew_7ms_vort_part_1.xidv
> >>>> java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero
> >>>> at 
> >>>> ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplay.setMapRegion(MapProjectionDisplay.java:1156)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplay.setMapArea(MapProjectionDisplay.java:962)
> >>>> at ucar.unidata.idv.VMManager.center(VMManager.java:816)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageGenerator.processTagCenter(ImageGenerator.java:2201)
> >>>> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
> >>>> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageGenerator.processNode(ImageGenerator.java:1029)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageGenerator.processChildren(ImageGenerator.java:1063)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageGenerator.processTagGroup(ImageGenerator.java:2728)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageGenerator.processTagIsl(ImageGenerator.java:2682)
> >>>> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
> >>>> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageGenerator.processNode(ImageGenerator.java:1029)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageGenerator.processScriptFile(ImageGenerator.java:942)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageGenerator.processScriptFile(ImageGenerator.java:866)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageGenerator.processScriptFiles(ImageGenerator.java:850)
> >>>> at ucar.unidata.idv.ArgsManager$1.run(ArgsManager.java:407)
> >>>> at ucar.unidata.idv.ArgsManager.runInitRunnables(ArgsManager.java:454)
> >>>> at ucar.unidata.idv.ArgsManager.access$000(ArgsManager.java:73)
> >>>> at ucar.unidata.idv.ArgsManager$3.run(ArgsManager.java:433)
> >>>> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1090)
> >>>> An error occurred:java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero
> >>>>
> >>>> Any ideas? The center function works if I supply it a lat/lon pair for 
> >>>> the image center. Also, is there any way to render contour labels using 
> >>>> ISL commands? This would be similar to rendering the display list using 
> >>>> ISL function <displaylist>. This would be nice to have since the Java 
> >>>> font used by ISL is of better quality, and backgrounds can be used! 
> >>>> Thanks for your help.
> >>>>
> >>>> V/R,
> >>>>
> >>>> Stefan
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Ticket Details
> >>> ===================
> >>> Ticket ID: NRN-127025
> >>> Department: Support IDV
> >>> Priority: Normal
> >>> Status: Open
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: NRN-127025
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> 
> 
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: NRN-127025
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed