[gradsusr] hello

[Jovana Perencevic]

Ou, I'm not the brightest I guess... thanks a lot :D




On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Jennifer Adams <jma at cola.iges.org> wrote:

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> On Dec 25, 2013, at 8:32 AM, Jovana Perencevic wrote:
>
> Dear,
>
> At first, sorry for late answer, I was in mess.
> L.B. your solution works perfectly, thanks for effort.
> Kishore, hires doesn't work, if I got my professor right, that make lines
> thicker.
> Jennifer, I don't know how to use newmap, what format is that, or which
> command line should I use (congrats, and thanks for new version)
>
> You use it like the other map files. Put it in the same place where the
> others are located (in the directory pointed to with GADDIR environment
> variable), then try 'set mpdset newmap'.
> --Jennifer
>
>
>
> Bottom line, thanks you all :)
>
> Happy Holidays, have a good time!
>
> Cheers, J.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Jennifer Adams <jma at cola.iges.org> wrote:
>
>> 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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