where does basemap find the datafiles?

[bernd.becker at METOFFICE.GOV.UK]

Jennifer,


a challenge...

and if I insisted to use the environment variable GADDIR
instead of <your_path_here> ?

Would that be possible?

Many thanks again.
Bernd.


On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 12:12 -0400, Jennifer Adams wrote:
> The path to the .asc files is set in the script itself. Take a look at
> line 90 or so ...
>
>
> * Set the polygon data files
> if (type = 'L' | type = 'l')
>   if (lowres); file = '/<your_path_here>/lpoly_lowres.asc'; endif
>   if (mres)  ; file = '/<your_path_here>/lpoly_mres.asc'  ; endif
>   if (hires) ; file = '/<your_path_here>/lpoly_hires.asc' ; endif
> endif
> if (type = 'O' | type = 'o')
>   if (lowres); file = '/<your_path_here>/opoly_lowres.asc'; endif
>   if (mres)  ; file = '/<your_path_here>/opoly_mres.asc'  ; endif
>   if (hires) ; file = '/<your_path_here>/opoly_hires.asc' ; endif
> endif
>
>
> On May 15, 2007, at 12:03 PM, bernd.becker at METOFFICE.GOV.UK wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> > using basemap.gs I find no reference to another
> > environment variable in Grads to tell basemap where to find the
> > opoly_lowres.asc etc. coastlines.
> >
> >
> > I stored opoly_lowres.asc etc in the main grads directory, together
> > with
> > fonts and lowres etc files.
> >
> >
> > Basemap works fine when I run grads in that directory.
> >
> >
> > How do I tell basemap where to look for the opoly_lowres.asc files?
> >
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Bernd.
> >
> >
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