[gradsusr] hello

[Kishore Ragi]

try to use mpdset hires ... I am not sure but, you may find your area ...

Cheers,

Kishore


On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 7:50 AM, L.B. <bcbass2989 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello again Jovana,
>
> After searching for quite a while, I came across this shapefile of global
> political boundaries:
> http://thematicmapping.org/downloads/TM_WORLD_BORDERS-0.3.zip
>
> If you are unfamiliar with how to use shapefiles within GrADS, here is
> some documentation: http://www.iges.org/grads/gadoc/gradcomddrawshp.html
>  and http://www.iges.org/grads/gadoc/shapefiles.html
>
> For starters, I would recommend something as follows:
>
> 'set line 1 1 1'
> 'draw shp /directory/your/shapefile/is/in/name_of_shapefile.shp'
>
> This will create a solid black line of thickness 1, which should work
> pretty good. You may also need to shut off mpdset via the command: 'mpdraw
> off'
>
> *William (L.B.) LaForce*
> Meteorologist
> Central Michigan University '13
> www.tornadoinsanity.com
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 7:35 PM, L.B. <bcbass2989 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jovana,
>>
>> I think your best option would be to use shapefiles to plot countries,
>> etc and not the default mpdset option within GrADS. I do not have any
>> specific shapefiles for that area, or any links, but I am sure someone here
>> will respond with some options for you. In the meantime, I'll look for some
>> online just in case.
>>
>>
>> *William (L.B.) LaForce*
>> Meteorologist
>> Central Michigan University '13
>> www.tornadoinsanity.com
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Jovana Perencevic <
>> jovana.perencevic at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>  I am a new here, so I do not really know how this works, if I get it
>>> right, I should just pop the question here.
>>> Well, before question, just little info I know the basics of GrADS, and
>>> that works fine for me, cause it's just one semester course at my
>>> university I work with GRIB1 (that also works just fine), and I don't know
>>> which version of GrADS I have (silent applause ).
>>>
>>> Well, I am from Serbia, (if you are not familiar it's one of the
>>> countries created from Yugoslavia +5/6 more countries,  we are in Europe,
>>> at Balkan peninsula), and when I use *mpdset mres *I get Yugoslavia,
>>>  is there any more up to date map? (I know we are small, and mostly
>>> irrelevant, but Yugoslavia started to fall apart in early 90s) Or is there
>>> any chance to make map, putting some political maps like a layer or
>>> something like that.
>>>
>>> One more time, sorry if this was topic already, I am new here and sort
>>> of lost. And sorry for bad English :/
>>>
>>> Thee ee ;)
>>> J.
>>>
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