| Re: peculiar things with Z-device [message #30983] |
Fri, 31 May 2002 08:30 |
Liam E. Gumley
Messages: 378
Registered: January 2000
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Sverre Solberg wrote:
> I am plotting data points on maps using the map functions in idl and
> using the Z-device. When the points are close to the plot boundary,
> the program occasionally crashes and complains about too few valid
> data points. It crashes when trying to call the 'oplot' procedure (for
> each individual point). The peculiar thing is that this works
> perfectly using other devices (as 'x', 'cgm'). And the even more
> peculiar thing is that this depends on the value of oplot's keyword
> 'symsize'. For example if I use symsize=0.4 it crashes, whereas
> symsize = 0.38 or 0.42 works without problems...
>
> I must admit this belongs to the more weird things I have experienced
> with idl.
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> When I use the 'convert_coord' function, it doesnt seem though as the
> problematic points are outside the plotting area (device coordinates
> are larger than 0).
>
> Has anybody any similar experiences?
This may or may not be related to your problem.
If you are using the SCALE keyword in conjunction with MAP_SET, the
extent of map projections varies slightly between screen displays (e.g.
'X') and the Z device. This happens because the inherent "resolution" of
the devices is slightly different, e.g.
IDL Version 5.3 (IRIX mipseb). (c) 1999, Research Systems, Inc.
IDL> set_plot, 'X'
IDL> help, !d.x_px_cm
<Expression> FLOAT = 40.0000
IDL> set_plot, 'Z'
IDL> help, !d.x_px_cm
<Expression> STRING = 'Z'
<Expression> FLOAT = 26.0000
To ensure that the map extent in the Z device is the same as the X
device, I use the following construct:
lat = 45.0
lon = -89.0
scale = 10e6
map_set, lat, lon, /lambert, scale=(scale * (!d.x_px_cm / 40.0))
This is very helpful when IDL is running in the UNIX background, and the
Z device is used to create maps, e.g.
http://eosdb.ssec.wisc.edu/modisdirect/
Cheers,
Liam.
Practical IDL Programming
http://www.gumley.com/
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| Re: peculiar things with Z-device [message #30985 is a reply to message #30983] |
Fri, 31 May 2002 06:26  |
Paul Van Delst[1]
Messages: 1157
Registered: April 2002
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David Fanning wrote:
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> Sverre Solberg (sso@nilu.no) writes:
>
>> I am plotting data points on maps using the map functions in idl and
>> using the Z-device. When the points are close to the plot boundary,
>> the program occasionally crashes and complains about too few valid
>> data points. It crashes when trying to call the 'oplot' procedure (for
>> each individual point). The peculiar thing is that this works
>> perfectly using other devices (as 'x', 'cgm'). And the even more
>> peculiar thing is that this depends on the value of oplot's keyword
>> 'symsize'. For example if I use symsize=0.4 it crashes, whereas
>> symsize = 0.38 or 0.42 works without problems...
>>
>> I must admit this belongs to the more weird things I have experienced
>> with idl.
>>
>> When I use the 'convert_coord' function, it doesnt seem though as the
>> problematic points are outside the plotting area (device coordinates
>> are larger than 0).
>>
>> Has anybody any similar experiences?
>
> I've seen weird things with the Z-buffer, too.
> One of the things I do as a rule is set !P.Charsize to 1
> when I enter the Z-buffer. This seems to make the buffer
> environment consistent with my display device. Since the problem
> you describe seems to have something to do with sizes,
> I would give this a try. Couldn't hurt. :-)
The OP might also consider using PLOTS rather than OPLOT for single point plotting (if I
understood his post correctly).
paulv
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| Re: peculiar things with Z-device [message #30986 is a reply to message #30985] |
Fri, 31 May 2002 05:21 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Sverre Solberg (sso@nilu.no) writes:
> I am plotting data points on maps using the map functions in idl and
> using the Z-device. When the points are close to the plot boundary,
> the program occasionally crashes and complains about too few valid
> data points. It crashes when trying to call the 'oplot' procedure (for
> each individual point). The peculiar thing is that this works
> perfectly using other devices (as 'x', 'cgm'). And the even more
> peculiar thing is that this depends on the value of oplot's keyword
> 'symsize'. For example if I use symsize=0.4 it crashes, whereas
> symsize = 0.38 or 0.42 works without problems...
>
> I must admit this belongs to the more weird things I have experienced
> with idl.
>
> When I use the 'convert_coord' function, it doesnt seem though as the
> problematic points are outside the plotting area (device coordinates
> are larger than 0).
>
> Has anybody any similar experiences?
I've seen weird things with the Z-buffer, too.
One of the things I do as a rule is set !P.Charsize to 1
when I enter the Z-buffer. This seems to make the buffer
environment consistent with my display device. Since the problem
you describe seems to have something to do with sizes,
I would give this a try. Couldn't hurt. :-)
Cheers,
David
--
David W. Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
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