[gradsusr] how to get average of a country

[Kishore Ragi]

Dr. Wang,

I struggled to make it but, finally achieved ..... It is really helpful ...
Thanks a lot ...

Regards,

Kishore


On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Muhammad Yunus Ahmad Mazuki <
ukm.yunus at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think you can get polygon shape from Surfer website.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Yaqiang Wang <yaqiang.wang at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> You can make GrADS maskout data easily using MeteoInfo software which is
>> freely available at http://www.meteothinker.com/ .
>>
>> 1. Run MeteoInfo and load 'country1.shp' shape file as a polygon layer
>> (step_1.png).
>>
>> 2. Zoom the map to Kenya. Press 'Select Features' tool and select Kenya.
>> The selected feature will be viewed as yellow color (step_2.png).
>>
>> 3. Press 'Tools -> Output Map Data' menu, and set 'Map Layer' as
>> 'country1.shp' and 'Output Format' as 'GrADS Maskout File'. The selected
>> feature of Kenya is setting in 'Output Shapes' area automaticly
>> (step_3.png).
>>
>> 4. Press 'Output' button and give the output GrADS maskout file name, and
>> then set the output grid in appeared dialog. Click 'OK' button to finish
>> the process (step_4.png). You should set the grid as same as your data.
>>
>> In the result maskout data, the values of the grid points inside Kenya
>> were set as 1 and the others were set as -1 (result.png). You may also need
>> to change the 'TDEF'  in maskout ctl file as same as your data. Of course,
>> the maskout data of any region can be created with this method if the
>> polygon shape file is available.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Kishore Ragi <kishoreragi at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Dr. Wang,
>>>
>>> Thank you for the info ...  I have gone through some googling but,I
>>> can't understand how to do it. Could you please refer some material or give
>>> some example code.
>>>
>>> For example I want everage of a variable in Kenyan region, which is
>>> inside 34, 42, -5, 5
>>>
>>> Looking forward to getting help..
>>>
>>> Thank you..
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Kishore
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Yaqiang Wang <yaqiang.wang at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Using maskout function. A maskout grid data of the country is needed to
>>>> do it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Kishore Ragi <kishoreragi at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear grads users,
>>>>>
>>>>> Is it possible to take average of a variable within the political
>>>>> boundary of a country?
>>>>>
>>>>> Please let me know if it is possible...
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Kishore
>>>>>
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>> 46, Zhong-Guan-Cun South Avenue
>> Beijing, 100081
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>>
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