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Re: quick question to get me started on mapping [message #72134 is a reply to message #72131]

Fri, 06 August 2010 07:37

David Fanning
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a writes:

> I have a list
>
> lon1,lat1,name1
> lon2,lat2,name2
> etc
>
> and I want to plot the names at their lat/lon positions on a map of
> the world with country boundaries included
>
> this must be pretty simple, no?

Yes. :-)

Map_Set, /Cylindrical, /Continents
XYOUTS, lon, lat, name, ALIGN=0.5

Cheers,

David

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