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Re: map_set coastline data [message #33488 is a reply to message #33484]

Wed, 08 January 2003 09:14

David Fanning
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paul wisehart (wisehart@runbox.com) writes:

> How do I get at the data that map_set uses
> to plot coastline/continents?
>
> I can find the actual files on my machine, I
> just don't know how to open them.i
>
> in the directory:
> /usr/local/rsi/idl/resource/maps/low
> there are files:
> clow.dat clow.ndx ... etc.
>
> can I open them using some flags to the
> openr command?
>
> I don't care about formatting as long as
> I can get an ascii representation of the
> data.

You can see how IDL opens these files by looking at
MAP_CONTINENTS. I'm afraid the files are binary files,
though. :-(

Cheers,

David

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		Re: map_set coastline data By: paul wisehart on Wed, 08 January 2003 11:07
		Re: map_set coastline data By: Rick Towler on Wed, 08 January 2003 10:09
		Re: map_set coastline data By: David Fanning on Wed, 08 January 2003 09:14

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