Mike Fiorino's clhilo UDF - H and L plotted on maps for GRADS 2.0 ?

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I'm also expecting for this since GRADS 2.0 was first released (more than a
year ago). I wonder if the old philo2.gs script (which I customized) can be
used with libmf from opengrads to plot the H/L letters?

2009/5/29 Kevin M Levey <klevey at customweather.com>

> THU 28MAY09: 1540PDT
> Hi All
>
> The only item still standing in the way of using GRADS 2.0 100% is the lack
> of UDFs. Arlindo da Silva's opengrads has made great strides in
> incorporating many of the previously very useful UDFs used in GRads versions
> before 2.0.
>
> One of these is Mike Fiorino's clhilo UDF package that plots actual H and L
> letters on maps. Has any progress been made to include this in the opengrads
> version of 2.0?
>
> I know Mike has issued libmf.gex (http://opengrads.org/doc/udxt/libmf/)
> for version 2.0 opengrads, however, I don't see how it can be used to plot
> actual H an L on GRADS plots?
>
> Any news on this would be greatly appreciated. We'd like to totally migrate
> to GRADS 2.0 but this is our last issue.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kevin M Levey, MSc in Oceans and Atmospheric Sciences (University of Cape
> Town)
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> On May 28, 2009, at 05/28/09 - 12:17 PM, Arlindo da Silva wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Lisa <lisa.hryciw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi! Does anyone have a script to plot the borders of the Canadian
>> provinces?
>
>
> If you have the opengrads bundle installed, the shapefile extension can do
> this. Try:
>
> ga-> open model.ctl
> ga-> set lon -140 -40
> ga-> set lat 45 75
> ga-> set mpdraw off
> ga-> d ps
> ga-> shp_lines admin98
>
> You should get a plot like the attachment. You can read more about the
> shapefile extension here:
>
>     http://opengrads.org/doc/udxt/shape/
>
> You also provide your own shapefile instead of the sample admin98 one that
> is included.
>
>            Arlindo
>
>
> --
> Arlindo da Silva
> dasilva at alum.mit.edu
> <sample.png>
>
>
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