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Re: Map spanning Dateline? [message #14188]

Tue, 02 February 1999 00:00

Liam Gumley
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Registered: November 1994

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John Kwiatkowski wrote:
> I can't figure out how to draw a map that spans the International
> Dateline, i.e., the meridion where longitude is 180 (or -180).
> If I go right up to the dateline but not over it, I get a nice map
> including Japan:
> map_set,/grid, /continent,limit = [0,100,50,180]

How about this:

map_set, 0, -180, scale=100e6, /continent, /grid, /label

My advice is to avoid the LIMIT keyword whenever possible.

Cheers,
Liam.

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Liam E. Gumley
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