| Re: MAP_CONTINENTS with MAP_PROJ_INIT created !Map [message #63811] |
Wed, 19 November 2008 09:17 |
David Fanning
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mike.otepka@gmail.com writes:
> I was afraid you were going to say that. Fairly certain I've read
> this article before, so hopefully I just need to give it another read
> and things will actually make sense this time around. ; )
Yeah, clear instructions are hard to come by, apparently. :-)
If you want land/water separation, and you can get your
map projection parameters set appropriately, I'd have a
look at this article for the mapping:
http://www.dfanning.com/map_tips/gshhs.html
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: MAP_CONTINENTS with MAP_PROJ_INIT created !Map [message #63812 is a reply to message #63811] |
Wed, 19 November 2008 08:59  |
mike.otepka
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> Well, I assume from this sketchy portrait that you have an image
> that is already in a map projection, and you wish to associate
> a map data coordinate system with it. Is that correct?
Yes, that's basically it. Some of my images don't give any clue as to
where the land/water is, so I was simply wanting to map the continents
as a reference.
> Of course, the method outlined in that article is not *exactly*
> right, but it does point you (at the end of the article) to the
> exact right solution. This is all going to be quite a bit more
> complicated than what you are used to. Hope you are up for it. :-)
I was afraid you were going to say that. Fairly certain I've read
this article before, so hopefully I just need to give it another read
and things will actually make sense this time around. ; )
Thanks, David.
-Mike
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| Re: MAP_CONTINENTS with MAP_PROJ_INIT created !Map [message #63815 is a reply to message #63812] |
Wed, 19 November 2008 08:41 |
David Fanning
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mike.otepka@gmail.com writes:
> Here's what I know how to do w.r.t. mapping continents onto an image
> (i.e. using MAP_SET):
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> IDL> window,/f,xs=<xdim>,ys=<ydim>
> IDL> map_set,ctrlat,ctrlon,/projection_name,/noborder,/horiz, $
> xmargin=[0,0],ymargin=[0,0],limit=
> [latmin,lonmin,latmax,lonmax]
> IDL> tv, image
> IDL> map_continents
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> Is there a way to do this using MAP_PROJ_INIT to create my !Map
> variable rather than MAP_SET?
> Here's what I've got so far:
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> IDL> map = map_proj_init(projection_name, $
> limit=[latmin,lonmin,latmax,lonmax], $
> center_latitude =ctrlat, $
> center_longitude=ctrlon,
> $
> /GCTP)
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> (Yeah, I know, not much.)
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> According to IDL Help, MAP_PROJ_FORWARD or MAP_PROJ_INVERSE need to
> come into play but I don't really see how.
Oh, dear.
Well, I assume from this sketchy portrait that you have an image
that is already in a map projection, and you wish to associate
a map data coordinate system with it. Is that correct?
If so, you may be interested in this article, which will explain
how I use the MAP_PROJ* routines to do that:
http://www.dfanning.com/map_tips/precipmap.html
Of course, the method outlined in that article is not *exactly*
right, but it does point you (at the end of the article) to the
exact right solution. This is all going to be quite a bit more
complicated than what you are used to. Hope you are up for it. :-)
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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