[gradsusr] Plotting shapefiles with varying colors

[Matt Bunkers - NWS Rapid City]

Jeff,

Thanks for clarifying things.  This should work.

-- Matt


On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Jeff Duda <jeffduda319 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Stephen McMillan's advice is correct, except instead of drawing filled
> polygons, just use draw shp #N to draw the object with index number N. You
> can use 'q dbf' and read the output to determine which polygons have which
> warning type, then use 'set line ...' to set the color, then 'draw shp NN'.
>
> Jeff Duda
>
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Matt Bunkers - NWS Rapid City <
> matthew.bunkers at noaa.gov> wrote:
>
>> Stephen and Jennifer,
>>
>> Thanks for the replies.  I don't think I asked my question correctly.  I
>> only want to plot certain polygons within the same shapefile (e.g., the
>> tornado polygons), and then I want to plot other polygons (e.g., the flash
>> flood warnings).  What I cannot figure out is how to draw just those with
>> certain attributes, without drawing the others.
>>
>> -- Matt
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Stephen McMillan <
>> smcmillan at planalytics.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Matt,
>>>
>>> See index for 'set shpopts'...
>>> http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/gradcomdsetshpopts.html
>>>
>>> It has an option for color.  In addition, you can use 'set line... ' to
>>> set the shape boundary color, style, and thickness
>>>
>>> Additional help in http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/shapefiles.html
>>>
>>> Good luck--
>>> Stephen McMillan
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Matt Bunkers - NWS Rapid City <
>>> matthew.bunkers at noaa.gov> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> At this website,
>>>>
>>>> http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge2/shapefiles/
>>>>
>>>> is a "current_warnings" shapefile that has tornado, flash flood, and
>>>> severe thunderstorm warning polygons.  I'd like to plot each of the three
>>>> warnings with different colors, but I do not see how I can do that with the
>>>> "draw shp" command (i.e., they all end up as the same color).  Does anyone
>>>> have a way to do this?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> -- Matt Bunkers, NWS Rapid City, SD
>>>>
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> Jeff Duda
> Post-doctoral research associate
> University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
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