[gradsusr] Question regarding basemap.gs

[James T. Potemra]

Hi Sam:

I get the same behavior, but if you precede the "basemap" call with a 
"set mpdset hires", it seems to work.

Jim

On 2/1/12 1:16 PM, Sam Wilson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am generating standard wave height charts in various parts of the 
> world using grads and I recently ran into an issue that confused me 
> using basemap.gs in one of my scripts.
>
> I want the best land representation possible, so I used the high res 
> option with basemap (e.g. basemap L 0 1 H).  I've compared the land 
> using the high res option with the land using the medium res option.
>
> In areas surrounding the US, the land using the high res option looks 
> much better.  However, this does not appear to be the case in other 
> places I've checked around the world (e.g. Portugal, Indonesia, South 
> Africa). As an example, I've attached 2 images for Portugal.  In the 
> first image (basemap_mres) I've used the medium res option with 
> basemap.  In the second image (basemap_hires), I've used the high res 
> option.  As you can see, the land is significantly degraded using the 
> high res option.
>
> As a sanity check, I re-downloaded the high res lpoly and opoly files, 
> but I get the same thing.
>
> As always, any help on this matter is greatly appreciated.
>
> Best Regards,
> Sam
>
>
>
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