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Re: map_continents and /fill... revisted [message #76801 is a reply to message #76798]

Wed, 29 June 2011 14:09

Michael Galloy
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On 6/29/11 1:46 PM, Brian McNoldy wrote:
> I realize this has been tossed around for at least 15 years on this
> list, but I'm wondering if any progress has been made or if anyone has
> a workaround. There are numerous instances where the maps that ship
> with IDL are quite inadequate... for example, if you try to fill the
> land with a color, you'll get most areas correct, but some bigger
> obvious places like Long Island, Trinidad, Grand Bahama Island,
> Kyushu, and the like are missed by the fill, and for routines that use
> such a technique to create a land/sea mask, this is definitely not
> good.
>
> Other improvements on this topic would be updating political
> boundaries, including state-drawing options for at least Mexico and
> Canada, and allowing something like a map_ocean,/fill,color=blue.
>
> Cheers,
> Brian

Do you have IDL 8.1? I don't use maps in IDL personally, but the release
notes for IDL 8.1 says it improved the quality of the continental and
country outlines.

Mike
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		Re: map_continents and /fill... revisted By: TonyL on Sun, 03 July 2011 22:12
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		Re: map_continents and /fill... revisted By: Michael Galloy on Wed, 29 June 2011 14:09

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