[gradsusr] hello

Jennifer Adams jma at cola.iges.org
Mon Dec 16 09:01:50 EST 2013


There is also another map file which may have more up-to-date political boundaries:
ftp://cola.gmu.edu/grads/boundaries/newmap
--Jennifer

On Dec 15, 2013, at 9:20 PM, L.B. 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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