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Re: plotting vectors on maps [message #31078]

Tue, 18 June 2002 08:47

btupper
Messages: 55
Registered: January 2002

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Hello,

The built-in ARROW procedure does just this with a looped call to
PLOTS. The code is written to allow you to control the arrow head
size and other characteristics.

Ben

On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 08:14:07 -0700, David Bowman
<dbowman@fullerton.edu> wrote:

> Hi All. I've been banging my head against the wall trying to get IDL to
> plot vectors onto a map. VEL, VELOVECT and their cousins work ok,
> however they all require gridded data. My data are a dozen or so more
> or less randomly located geographical points with X (East) and Y (North)
> velocity components. Does anybody have/know of a simple plot routine
> that accepts U,V,x,y as vectors, rather than 2-D arrays?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> david
>
> --
> David Bowmman
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Geological Sciences
> California State University, Fullerton
> Fullerton, CA 92834-6850

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