[gradsusr] grads and UTM

[Davide Sacchetti]

thanks
actually you can plot UTM data but geography is not correct ... I'm
looking for a pdef or bilin option in order to remap data (as you can do
with other projections)

bye bye
Davide



On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 10:07 -0700, jc wrote:
> Hi Davide,
> 
> I use UTM coordinates with GrADS all the time, so it will work.  However, in most cases you need to modify your coordinates.  I multiply each coordinate by 10E-5 or 10E-6 since GrADS wants Lat/Lon coordinates.  That makes pseudo Lat/Lon coordinates that will plot just fine.  
> 
> Do not use the default GrADS base maps with your plots.  I was plotting velocity vectors in New Mexico, USA and kept getting a strange shape in my plots.  That turned out to be Sicily.
> 
> 
> John Ciolek
> AlphaTRAC, Inc.
> 10385 Westmoor Dr., Suite 310
> Westminster, CO 80021
> 
> 
> On Jan 18, 2012, at 4:41 AM, Davide Sacchetti wrote:
> 
> > dears,
> > does anybody know how and if to plot UTM preprojected data in grads?
> > cheers to all
> > 
> > Davide
> > 
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Davide Sacchetti
Centro Funzionale Meteo Idrologico di Protezione Civile della Regione Liguria
ARPAL Unità Tecnica Complessa di livello Regionale
V.le Brigare Partigiane 2 16121 Genova (I)
tel: +39 010 6437535                    fax: +39 010 6437520
mail: davide.sacchetti at arpal.gov.it     web: www.meteoliguria.it