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[IDV #JEZ-480394]: Contour calculation algorithm

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  • Subject: [IDV #JEZ-480394]: Contour calculation algorithm
  • Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 23:37:04 -0600
> Dear Sirs,
> I am interested in the contour calculations - for example generating
> 1000 hPa contours/isobars from the gridded sea level pressure data over
> the globe.
> I have downloaded the IDV sources, but I could not find the algorithm
> (simple grep for Contour did not find any calculations, just
> configuration and so).
> Since IDV software displays the contours, let me please ask a question:
> - are the contour calculation algorithms included in the IDV sources
> (somewhere in ucar.unidata or ucar.visad packages) ? - if yes, could you
> please send me a pointer ?

Hi Martin,
    The contour calculation in the IDV is done by the VisAD library. You can 
reference

http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/visad.html 

for more detail information. 


Yuan
> - if the contour algorithm is not included in the IDV sources, could you
> please provide me with the information which package/jar is doing the
> calculations ?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> With best regards
> 
> Martin Gazak
> 
> --
> 
> S pozdravom, / Best regards, / Cordialement, / ? ?????????
> 
> Martin Gazak
> MicroStep-MIS, spol. s r.o.
> System Development Manager
> Tel.: +421 2 602 00 128
> Fax: +421 2 602 00 180
> address@hidden
> http://www.microstep-mis.com
> InterMET Asia 2014 <http://www.intermet.asia/>
> 
> 

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: JEZ-480394
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed