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Re: map_set, date line problem [message #19508 is a reply to message #19500] Tue, 21 March 2000 00:00 Go to previous message
davidf is currently offline  davidf
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Registered: September 1996
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Joerg (jogi38@my-deja.com) writes:

> I'm a truly beginner with IDL and just encounter a
> problem I can't handle with the manuals I have.
>
> I just tried to plot a map with the longitude
> limits 165 E - 140 W. So I used the eight element
> form of the LIMITS vector and put in the
> coordinates of my edges. What I got is a blank
> picture. If I use the four element vector with
> lonmin, lonmax parameters I ran in the problem
> that lonmax must be -140 and lonmin 165. A
> conversion to 0 - 360 degrees wasn't successful.
>
> So have anybody a solution for the beginner?

I guess if I was a beginner I'd spend some time
poking around that Coyote site. I'd probably start
with this article:

http://www.dfanning.com/tips/map_center.html

Cheers,

David

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