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Re: country outlines [message #65496 is a reply to message #65494]

Fri, 06 March 2009 06:48

David Fanning
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oxfordenergyservices@googlemail.com writes:

> I have been using MAP_CONTINENTS but I am not really pleased with the
> results. I am trying to overlay a map of the UK onto an array which
> reprtesents geographic data corresponding to the area of the map.
> Does anyone know how I can get the longs/lats of the coasrtlines out
> of idl?

You might prefer to use the GSHHS Shoreline dataset.

http://www.dfanning.com/map_tips/gshhs.html

Cheers,

David

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		Re: country outlines By: David Fanning on Fri, 06 March 2009 07:57
		Re: country outlines By: David Fanning on Fri, 06 March 2009 07:47
		Re: country outlines By: oxfordenergyservices on Fri, 06 March 2009 07:24
		Re: country outlines By: David Fanning on Fri, 06 March 2009 06:48
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