[gradsusr] basemap.gs for Brazil

[Marsh, Kieren]

I think a better strategy would be to use the GrADS shapefile function as using and making basemap polygons is very time consuming (I have done it) and slow to plot.

 

You can get Ocean shapefiles from:  http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/

 

You then need shapefiles for all S American countries to mask them out. You can get them from here:  http://www.diva-gis.org/gdata/

 

Another strategy might be: if you have some other dataset with data only over Brazil, then you could use the maskout function to only plot your data where your Brazil dataset has data.

 

Kieren

 

From: gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org [mailto:gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org] On Behalf Of Gisele dos Santos Zepka
Sent: 07 January 2014 21:51
To: gradsusr at gradsusr.org
Subject: [gradsusr] basemap.gs for Brazil

 

Dear users,

I need to mask out the ocean and non-Brazilian areas on my maps. With the script basemap.gs, I can overlay a ocean mask, but not the non-Brazilian land. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

 


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