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>From: Unidata User Support <address@hidden> >Organization: Unidata Program Center/UCAR >Keywords: 200412151752.iBFHqalI029160 McIDAS IMGREMAP MERC MERGE Hi, One of my users is trying to create a MERC projection composite from GOES-West, GOES-East, and METEOSAT imagery using IMGREMAP. The composites he creates alway have one vertical slice of missing ELEment data; this is easily seen in an example he sent along: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/content/staff/tom/gifs/TEST.GIF I have verified he problem he is reporting, and have created a simple BATCH file that demonstates the missing element slice using Unidata McIDAS-X v2004: ----- snip OWEN.BAT ---- REM Point at an ADDE server for a specific input dataset DATALOC ADD RTIMAGES ADDE.UCAR.EDU REM Create output dataset DSSERVE ADD MYDATA/IMAGES AREA 1 9999 "All images in AREA format REM Remap a GOES-West image into the desired MERC projection IMGREMAP RTIMAGES/GW-IR MYDATA/IMAGES.2135 SMOOTH=YES PRO=MERC 43 LATLON=43 50 SIZE=960 3568 RES=5 SF 1;ERASE F;IMGDISP MYDATA/IMAGES.2135 MAG=1 EU=IMAGE;MAP REM Create an image using the western most portion IMGCOPY MYDATA/IMAGES.2135 MYDATA/IMAGES.2136 SIZE=960 668 SF 2;ERASE F;IMGDISP MYDATA/IMAGES.2136 MAG=1 EU=IMAGE;MAP REM Remap the GOES-East image into the same projection as for GOES-West IMGREMAP RTIMAGES/GE-IR MYDATA/IMAGES.2137 SMOOTH=YES PRO=MERC 43 LATLON=43 50 SIZE=960 3568 RES=5 SF 3;ERASE F;IMGDISP MYDATA/IMAGES.2137 MAG=1 EU=IMAGE;MAP REM Composite the westernmost GOES-12 piece with the GOES-East remap IMGREMAP MYDATA/IMAGES.2136 MYDATA/IMAGES.2137 SMOOTH=NO MERGE=YES PRO=DEST SF 4;ERASE F;IMGDISP MYDATA/IMAGES.2137 MAG=1 EU=IMAGE;MAP ----- snip OWEN.BAT ---- What I see is a vertical line of missing ELEment values at element 669. This should be the first element used from the GOES-East remap. Can you verify the missing slice of elements? If yes, do you have a workaround? If not, do you have any idea of what the cause might be (i.e., where to look in imgremap.pgm)? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide! Cheers, Tom