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Re: Orientation of Contour Labels [message #87869 is a reply to message #87857]

Fri, 28 February 2014 10:21

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On Friday, February 28, 2014 7:23:23 AM UTC-7, David Fanning wrote:
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> Thanks, Chris. I'm curious, though. Why is the default behavior of the
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> Contour command to display contour labels upside down? It's a curious
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> choice. I honestly can't think how this default feature might be to some
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> advantage. Maybe if you are a spy and have to read documents upside
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> down.
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> Cheers,
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> David
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I don't think they are intentionally upside down, are they? Don't the labels just "blindly" follow the contour lines, so that "half" of them appear upside down?

Maybe just change your perspective. :-)

-Chris

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		Orientation of Contour Labels By: David Fanning on Thu, 27 February 2014 14:27
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		Re: Orientation of Contour Labels By: David Fanning on Fri, 28 February 2014 06:23
		Re: Orientation of Contour Labels By: chris_torrence@NOSPAM on Fri, 28 February 2014 10:21
		Re: Orientation of Contour Labels By: David Fanning on Fri, 28 February 2014 10:35

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