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[IDV #SKA-999276]: Horizontal Scale Bar and WRF Domains

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  • Subject: [IDV #SKA-999276]: Horizontal Scale Bar and WRF Domains
  • Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:22:45 -0600
Stephanie,

For 1/ unfortunately, the answer is no. There are no distance scales in the
IDV.

For 2/ I would experiment with the drawing control.

https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/userguide/controls/misc/DrawingControl.html

Best,

Unidata IDV Support


> Full Name: Stephanie Phelps
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: University of Virginia
> Package Version:
> Operating System:
> Hardware:
> Description of problem: Hello,
> I have two questions.
> 
> 1) I would like to add a horizontal distance scale to my figures.  I see 
> there is a way to indicate the lat/lon along the edges of the figures, but is 
> there a way to have a scale bar for horizontal distance?
> 
> 2) I want to visualize my three domains from WRF output, similar to the 
> attached figure made in Google Earth.  I simply want the four boxes overlaid 
> within one another.  When I upload the output from the three domains I can 
> only manage to have one box visible at a time.  Can you help me have all 
> three boxes showing up at the same time?
> 
> Thanks in advance for the help, I really appreciate it!
> 
> Stephanie
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: SKA-999276
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed