20041206: McIDAS MAKEMAP command

>From: Robert Mullenax <address@hidden>
>Organization: Impact Weather
>Keywords: 200412062121.iB6LL7lI007399 McIDAS MAKEMAP

Hi Robert,

>I am trying to use MAKEMAP to create a McIDAS outline file
>from a text file that was used to successfully create GEMPAK map
>file using the GEMPAK program ssfgsf.  I have tried it on a Solaris
>x86 and a Linux box (McIDAS 2003) and it doesn't work on either.
>This is what I get:
>
>makemap.k midamer.ssf OUTMIDAM TYP=GEM West=NEG DEV=CCC
>MAKEMAP: Begin
>makemap.k* input file pathname: /usr/mcidas/workdata/midamer.ssf
>makemap.k* output file name: OUTMIDAM
>makemap.k* WEST POS/NEG: NEG
>makemap.k* Read segment; #pts:
>makemap.k: ERROR writing OUTMIDAM
>
>It doesn't seem to be a permission problem.
>
>Any ideas?

Hmm...  The GEMPAK files that I tested MAKEMAP with are the ones
that Chiz bundles with his distributions.  The 'Read segment: #pts:'
line tells me that makemap.k was looking for the total number of
points in a map segment, but it read 0 (zero).  This would seem
to say that the format of your ASCII map file is different than
the ones that I tested MAKEMAP with.

Can you send me/make available the map file you are trying to
use?  If it has a different structure, I will need to add a new
'GEMPAK' option to MAKEMAP.

>Thanks,

No worries.

Cheers,

Tom
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